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Article #805Re: Why do some files use -O and others not?
From: Mark Linton
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 17:57
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 17:57
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In article <9211050152.AA14198@espresso.bcs.eca>, janin@espresso.boeing.com (Adam Janin 5-3545) writes: |> I've noticed that some of the files in the InterViews libraries are |> compiled using the -O flag (optimize) and some are not. I was |> wondering if there were any reason I should not be using the -O flag |> in some cases. I know that it occasionally produces incorrect or |> inferior code, but I am surprised by how few InterViews files are |> compiled with -O. On many systems, -O significantly increases compile time. For relatively small files with no time-critical loops, we don't find that it is worthwhile to build with -O.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pmafire!mica.inel.gov!ux1!news.byu.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!olivea!sgigate!odin!fido!marktwain.rad.sgi.com!linton From: linton@marktwain.rad.sgi.com (Mark Linton) Newsgroups: comp.windows.interviews Subject: Re: Why do some files use -O and others not? Message-ID: <1debmeINN1n0@fido.asd.sgi.com> Date: 6 Nov 92 17:57:34 GMT References: <9211050152.AA14198@espresso.bcs.eca> Reply-To: linton@marktwain.rad.sgi.com (Mark Linton) Organization: sgi Lines: 11 NNTP-Posting-Host: marktwain.rad.sgi.com