wrote: >>> Gcc does all these kinds of optimizations and more. I can't imagine >>> what they're optimizing for. >>> >>> gcc-developer time? many hours went into writing that code. >> >> On the contrary, they are protecting their "job" just like any other >> employee, by making themselves indispensable. I don't think it's >> necessary or a conscious decision on their part, but it's that aspect >> of human nature that eventually defeats any attempt at benevolent >> social engineering. Call it "the tragedy of the commons", if you >> need >> a label. >> >> ++L >> >> --Apple-Mail-24-1016690048 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 You should see the bare machine = then... Sony's GCC is even more hooped.

And the PS3 version is no = better, with huge dependence on "restrict" for any sort of performance, = especially on SPU.=A0 And don't=A0 It's made me go back to coding = assembly instead.=A0 And its structure packing so interferes with good = data layout I want to cry.

(Shameless plug = follows)

That = said, Neoptica (www.neoptica.com = - the startup I'm involved (committed?) with) is looking for a = world-class systems/compilers person to join our team; we're working on = novel approaches to exploit multi-core architectures, GPUs, and fast = bi-directional busses to improve the visuals in next-games.=A0 The = systems job add isn't posted yet, but should be soon - for the flavour = through, think Brook (http://= graphics.stanford.edu/papers/brookgpu/brookgpu.pdf), Sequoia (ht= tp://graphics.stanford.edu/~kayvonf/papers/sequoia_draft.pdf), and = EAGL (http://www.cs.= brown.edu/~tor/sig2002/ea-shader.pdf)

Paul

= On 10-Apr-06, at 1:37 AM, Bruce Ellis wrote:

distrust anthing with more than one = underscore.

i've seen=A0 = ...

#define iniline __inline__

more = than once, and don't care what it means.
the ps2 = linux port is crazy.=A0 = trying to align things.

brucee

On = 4/10/06, lucio@proxima.alt.za = <lucio@proxima.alt.za> = wrote:

Gcc does all these kinds of optimizations and = more.=A0 I can't = imagine
what they're optimizing = for.

=A0 =A0 = gcc-developer time?=A0 = many hours went into writing that code.

On the = contrary, they are protecting their "job" just like any other
employee, by making themselves indispensable.=A0 I don't think it's
necessary or a conscious decision on their part, but = it's that aspect
of human nature that eventually = defeats any attempt at benevolent
social = engineering.=A0 Call it = "the tragedy of the commons", if you need
a = label.

++L

=

= --Apple-Mail-24-1016690048-- --Apple-Mail-25-1016690282 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) iD8DBQFEOm7DpJeHo/Fbu1wRAgbEAKC5TaDw8ckgG0gdaHLGsGgKyFxGkACfX2cN Po/gQXB2SEMQmbeVQr1w+vY= =uG6X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-25-1016690282--