Re: [KOS] optimization oddity

[Jim U. <ji...@3e...>]

At 04:09pm on 2004 March 15, Dan Potter did write:
> FWIW, I still think GCC produces pretty good code given those compromises,
> and except in the most inner loops it probably won't make a bit of
> difference. This just shows that it's worth your time to play around with
> inner loops a bit.

I agree, I think GCC is generally pretty awesome (it lets us write code
for the Dreamcast after all :).  It pays to keep in mind that sometimes
doing non-intuitive things will give an unexpected speed boost, and that
things that shouldn't hurt you can slow you down.  And test and
experiment if speed is critical.

But as always, the best speed improvements are usually algorithmic.

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