Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekig5!brianr From: brianr@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Brian Rhodefer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga compiler optimizing test Summary: Optimizers? Bah! Message-ID: <3839@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> Date: 5 Mar 89 01:02:47 GMT References: <3531@sdsu.UUCP> Reply-To: brianr@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Brian Rhodefer) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 2 Why would an optimizing compiler put `link a5, 0000' and 'unlnk a5' instructions into a subroutine that needed no local variables?