Assembly or ....

[Fraser Orr]

In article <6529 at june.cs.washington.edu> kolding at uw-june.UUCP (Eric Koldinger) writes:
>Ah, but wouldn't that be nice.  Optimizing compilers that could generate
>code as good as we can generate by hand in all cases.  Let me know when
>someone writes one.

Ah, but wouldn't it be nice. People that could write code as good
as optimising compilers can in all cases. Let me know when one is
born.

Optimisers are good at some things, people are good at others. It all
comes out in the wash.

===Fraser