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Hi Ari & Chris!

Chris Torek wrote:

> In article <4ip9k0$sqs@solutions.solon.com> Ari Lukumies
> <aril@cmt.lpr.mail.carel.fi> writes:
 [...]
> In article <4imabr$duc@solutions.solon.com> Stan Ryckman wrote:
> >>It's not that much harder to implement [multiply by shifting] in a
> >>compiler.
> 
> This is true; also, if it is done correctly, index-multiplication by
> shifting falls naturally out of multiplication by shifting (simply
> turn the indexing into multiplication before doing the multiplication
> optimizations).
> 
> >That's a clever compiler. I haven't come across one yet in the Intel > >world,

Maybe you could take a look at Watcom's C/C++ compiler. I've used
it for a while now, and it is really the best optimizing compiler I've
seen for Intel platforms so far. It doesn't have all those fancy
development tools, but it sure generates fast and compact code (much 
better than MS's).


   Bart