Re: [Mesa3d-dev] dynamic code generation with gcc

[Stephen J B. <sj...@li...>]

On 9 Mar 2001, Josh Vanderhoof wrote:

> Of course, you do have to take a start up penalty with run-time
> compiled code.  Considering that the average system is around 700MHz
> (just a guess) and getting faster every day, I think people may be
> overestimating how expensive using a real compiler would be.
 
The "average" system with a 700MHz CPU also has a kick-ass graphics
card that makes this discussion largely irrelevent.  If software-only
rendering has any kind of a future at all, it's in PDA's, phones and
internet-capable toasters...where the overhead of having a compiler
on board at all (let alone actually running it on anything) tends to
be unacceptable.

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