chin@ankh.ftl.fl.us (Albert Chin) (05/29/90)
While most of you know I dislike the C compiler in the ORCA environment, I have recently been testing out the v1.11 beta release of ORCA/C and I must say I am glad it is here. It definitely fixes many of the bugs that were in v1.0. However, I would like to see REAL optimization in the compiler. I will include this in my letter to the Byte Works. Please keep the letters coming regarding bugs, enhancements, etc. on all Apple II and IIgs development platforms. It is important that we, as programmers, unite to free ourselves. Thanks, Albert Chin ... mthvax!mamia!albert
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (05/29/90)
In article <346@ankh.ftl.fl.us> chin@ankh.ftl.fl.us (Albert Chin) writes: >However, I would like to see REAL optimization in the compiler. What specifically is the problem? Have you enabled all optimizations (e.g. by #pragma optimize -1)? The default is no optimization, partly so that the resulting code will better support source-level debugging.
chin@ankh.ftl.fl.us (Albert Chin) (06/01/90)
In article <13012@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes: > In article <346@ankh.ftl.fl.us> chin@ankh.ftl.fl.us (Albert Chin) writes: > >However, I would like to see REAL optimization in the compiler. > > What specifically is the problem? Have you enabled all optimizations > (e.g. by #pragma optimize -1)? The default is no optimization, partly > so that the resulting code will better support source-level debugging. I spoke to Mike about updating the editor in the ORCA shell and he said that if it was done in C it would be slower than it is now. Now, that's not much for optimization is it? C programs CAN approach the speed of assembly, providing the resulting code is efficient. Even the print routines in ORCA/C are slow... albert chin ... mthvax!mamia!albert P.S. #pragma optimize -1 is in all my programs.