From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] fast compilers Message-ID: <20030405014104.GA24908@thefrayedknot.armory.com> References: <200304050059.h350xjv01205@augusta.math.psu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200304050059.h350xjv01205@augusta.math.psu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 17:41:04 -0800 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8b1d47a0-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 07:59:45PM -0500, Dan Cross wrote: > In article <20030405003114.GA24752@thefrayedknot.armory.com> you write: > >it (big often equals slow) is a common enough occurence that you'd think > >I wouldnt have to defend myself on it, apparently not. > > No, it probably has to do with belaboring the obvious. obvious to most of us, I wouldnt have even bothered responding except for having someone who was "not sure they buy this argument".