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From: Bengt Kleberg <eleberg@cbe.ericsson.se>
Subject: Re: [9fans] GUI toolkit for Plan 9
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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:57:58 +0100
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> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
> From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <tb+usenet@becket.net>

> 
> presotto@plan9.bell-labs.com writes:
> 
> > However, it seems to be an accepted consequence amongst compiler
> > writers to trade off _possible_ incorrect code generation against
> > _probable_ speed gains.
> 
> I've never heard someone say that, actually.  Perhaps you could give a
> citation from a compiler writer who said "yeah, this generates
> incorrect code, but hey, it runs fast!"?

I have added _ to emphasize two words that makes the idea clearer. Ie,
it not a question of generating incorrect code, but generating code
that might be incorrect (you know: hard to debug/test for all possible
circumstances...).


bengt