>>"Literal pool" optimization is usally found in many native compilers, but not in VFP.
>
>How do you come to know this? It is something SOOOOOooo basic that I would have guessed it was done everywhere (compiler-wise).

I discovered it after hacking an FXP (don't recall why exactly). Check this out:

#IF .T.        && 459 Bytes.
   #DEFINE C_DATA "1234567890123456789012345678901234567890"
#ELSE          && 322 Bytes.
   C_DATA = "1234567890123456789012345678901234567890"
#ENDIF

m.a = C_DATA
m.a = C_DATA
m.a = C_DATA
m.a = C_DATA
m.a = C_DATA