>Hi Herman,
>
>I was speaking in general terms. Of course I've learned there are exception to every general rule. <g>
>
>Thanks for the information.
>
>Regards,
>
>LelandJ
I don't know, but it seems that it is generally assumed that a C++ 'optimizer' always successfully speeds up code. I really wonder about that. I've also NEVER done C++ code, much less use an optimizer for it.
I could see, for instance, C++ 'basic code' possibly having lots of extra code generated to handle a variety of circumstances and an optimizer (now knowing the exact context of things) simply stripping out extraneous code not relevant to the situation.
In such a case the code would no doubt run faster than the same code not 'optimized', but I think the "magic" of optimization probably doesn't extend to 'internally rewriting the programmer's code to run as fast as possible'.
cheers
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