In article <14052 at lanl.gov> jlg at lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes: : So, the optimizer for C _cannot_ be any simpler than that for : Fortran. Sure it can. All it has to do is refuse to try to optimize once a goto is encountered. All too many do just that. --- Bill { uunet | novavax | ankh | sunvice } !twwells!bill bill at twwells.com