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From: Chris Hecker <checker@d6.com>
To: Blair Zajac <blair@orcaware.com>, Caml Mailing List <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Timing Ocaml
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 23:24:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020609232056.029ec260@mail.d6.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D043AB6.510307D0@orcaware.com>


>* The GNU C compiler gcc is recommended, as the bytecode
>   interpreter takes advantage of gcc-specific features to enhance
>   performance.
>What is the nature of these optimizations?

GCC lets you take the address of a label.  You can see in byterun/interp.c 
that it uses a jump table instead of a switch when you're using GCC.

At least, that's what it looks like.

Chris

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-06-10  6:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-06-10  5:35 Blair Zajac
2002-06-10  6:24 ` Chris Hecker [this message]
2002-06-10 12:02   ` Dmitry Bely
2002-06-10 12:50     ` Remi VANICAT
2002-06-10 14:19       ` Lionel Fourquaux
2002-06-10 15:01 ` Xavier Leroy
2002-06-10 16:29   ` Dmitry Bely
2002-06-10 16:49     ` Lionel Fourquaux
2002-06-11  8:28       ` Dmitry Bely
2002-06-11  9:08         ` Xavier Leroy
2002-06-11 12:52         ` Mattias Waldau
2002-06-10 18:19   ` Blair Zajac
2002-06-11  9:23     ` Florian Hars

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