Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site boring.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!mcvax!boring!guido From: guido@boring.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: HLL vs. \"HLL-like\" macro packages Message-ID: <6313@boring.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 22:06:53 EST Article-I.D.: boring.6313 Posted: Thu Feb 7 22:06:53 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 08:57:24 EST References: <8051@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: guido@boring.UUCP (Guido van Rossum) Organization: "Stamp Out BASIC" Committee, CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 15 Summary: Apparently-To: rnews@mcvax.LOCAL >/* >the opti-miser is the programmer. gimme almost any compiler output & i'll >hack a few instruxions off it. gimme the source for that matter & i'll >generate better code than the compiler. dna is awesome! >*/ You should apply for a job as compiler. Seriously, don't you think the real problem is how to produced the source in the first place, rather than starting to optimize code which might not even work in the first place? Guido van Rossum, "Stamp Out BASIC" Committee, CWI, Amsterdam guido@mcvax.UUCP Much ado Nothing Happens.