std::pow implementation

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Steven Bosscher <s.bosscher@student.tudelft.nl> writes:

| Op di 29-07-2003, om 16:17 schreef Gabriel Dos Reis:
| > Steven Bosscher <s.bosscher@student.tudelft.nl> writes:
| > | performance, etc}.  For C++ this may sometimes mean an abstraction
| > | penalty (which we hope to minimize with the tree optimizers, right?),
| > | but in most cases it works just fine.
| > 
| > "Abstraction penalty" is an oxymoron, invented to excuse the compiler
| > for not doing its job.
| 
| Well how do you suggest we make the compiler to its job better then? 

Start with removing the requirement that whether a function should be
inlined depends on its context of use.

| It's easy to say it's not all great now, 

No, it is not easy at all.  It takes spending time with people like you.

-- Gaby