Efficacy of optimizations.

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On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, kernel_learner wrote:

This question is not about gcc internals and is more about
compilers in general. 

A more appropriate forum for this question would be the Usenet
newsgroup comp.compilers.

Toshi

> 
> Hi all,
> 
>  I had a general question about compiler optimizations
> and believe this is a great place to ask!
> 
> First of all there are numerous number of compiler
> optimizations and they each have their own
> characteristics..my questions is two-fold:
> 
> 1. What is the cost/benefit ratio of these
> optimizations. 
> 
> 2. How do these compiler optimizations interact? i.e.
> does one optimization negate the effect of another
> optimization if done in a particular order?
> 
> Looking forward to replies..
> 
> Cheers!
> LearNER
> 
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