>>Sure. And the microcode compilers I've written and used are much better
>>at optimizing horizontal microcode than I have the time or patience to
>>do by hand.
>Your lack of time and patience is not equal to the claim you make
>regarding the quality of optimisation possible.
well put... I've yet to find a compiler which can produce code which
could not then be further optimized in some way by a person well
versed in that machine's architecture...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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Received on Sun Apr 04 1999 - 20:57:56 BST