Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.works Subject: Re: Not again!? Assembler vs High-Level languages Message-ID: <5523@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 12:29:38 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.5523 Posted: Mon Apr 22 12:29:38 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Apr-85 12:29:38 EST References: <483@terak.UUCP> <2251@wateng.UUCP> <492@terak.UUCP>, <543@cadovax.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 7 With regard to speed vs. space in optimizing compilers, it is not unheard-of for optimizing compilers to vary their tradeoffs depending on the code, e.g. optimizing for speed rather than space inside nested loops. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry