[Bug tree-optimization/18065] usual arithmetic conversion not applying correctly

[bangerth at dealii dot org]

------- Additional Comments From bangerth at dealii dot org  2004-10-21 12:47 -------
> And for what little it may be worth, for good or bad, the factual reality 
> is that there are 100's of times more small processors programmed and 
> deployed in products than there are 32+ bit processors, therefore it would 
> be nice if GCC didn't needless restrict itself to being most optimally 
> applicable to larger machines at the expense of smaller machines (as there 
> far more commercial 8 and 16 bit processors available from companies 
> interested in support than their are 32-64 bit processor companies, and 
> likely to remain that way, so it's not likely good business to bite the 
> hand that may feed you). 
 
Just to have this (obvious) fact mentioned in this thread also: as a 
developer starved project, we are always grateful for patches people may 
send that improve the behavior of gcc. Your company may also be interested 
in hiring gcc developers to implement features you need. 
 
W. 

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18065