"Robert G. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Leif Nixon wrote: > >> Compilers are designed to compile code written by humans. >> Autogenerated code typically does not optimize well. > > Or be human-readable.
It can be, though. I actually spent several years working on maintaining a big compiler suite that originally was written in Pascal, and then autotranslated into ANSI C. It wasn't *too* horrible. At least not as a result of the translation. -- Leif Nixon - Systems expert ------------------------------------------------------------ National Supercomputer Centre - Linkoping University ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
