[M3devel] [M3commit] CVS Update: cm3

[Mika Nystrom]

Jay K writes:
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>7) Do folks out there really use the Modula-3/gcc optimizer=2C and notice i=
>t produces code that runs much faster?

If we are talking about turning on optimizations in the m3makefile, then the
answer is:

Yes!  At least with CM3 it makes a huge difference in runtime.  Without
the optimizer CM3-produced code runs far slower than PM3-produced code
(I've seen 3X I think.)  With it, CM3 can sometimes keep up.  Unless you
use a lot of TYPECASE or other constructs that have a much less efficient
implementation in the CM3 libraries than in the PM3 libraries.

    Mika