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From: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Optimization in a better world
Message-ID: <685@garth.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 88 19:24:38 GMT
References: <15422@brl-adm.ARPA> <22820@oliveb.olivetti.com>
Reply-To: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan)
Organization: INTERGRAPH (APD) -- Palo Alto, CA
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Posted: Wed Jun  1 12:24:38 1988

>Agreed, but a much more plausible possible optimization is the
>introduction of memo-functions.  This is not a completely trivial

Unfortunately, we are talking about C with side effects and aliasses and
all those other nasty-nasties that give optimisers fits.