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to: CAREY BLOODWORTH
from: HERMAN SCHONFELD
date: 1997-04-13 13:12:00
subject: DJGPP OPTIMIZATIONS

HS>Thats getting pretty specific, not all machines would re-act the same
CB>way.
CB>I'm not quite sure what you are saying at that point, since you had
CB>quoted my entire comment, but, sure, optimzations are really only
CB>specific to the specific machine you have.
CB>BUT, most 486 optimizors still tend to do the old style of 486
CB>performance.  And the pentium type optimizations are rarely anti-486
CB>optimizations.  And they do generally give better code than the older
CB>486 optimizors do.  And 'normal' 486s are extremely rare.
Carey, I've seen my program optimized for both.
The difference is un-noticeable.
It's not worth specifing your program to a rare target.
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