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Date:      Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:29:07 -0400
From:      Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org>
To:        Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Cc:        Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gcc -O bug
Message-ID:  <3AE87703.69273C08@mitre.org>
References:  <nospam-988290015.71499@maxim.gbch.net> <xzplmonx31m.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010426144848.B17373@heechee.tobez.org> <nospam-988290015.71499@maxim.gbch.net> <5.0.2.1.0.20010426133342.032c48f0@mail.etinc.com>

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Dennis wrote:
> 
> At 09:11 AM 04/26/2001, you wrote:
> >On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 11:00:15PM +1000, Greg Black wrote:
> >Nope.  The real nonsense is what you say.  Perl core is written in a
> >highly optimized C using very polished algorithms.  As long as the Perl
> >script is written in such a way as to minimize the number of OPCODEs
> >executed and maximize the time spent inside the OPCODE executor engine,
> >it is not exactly trivial to beat it in C, unless you are willing to
> >spent a considerable time polishing your code (which is not worth it for
> >your typical log analyzer).
> 
> Don't try to argue this ridiculous point on this list. You are badly
> overmatched. You are so wrong that its not worthy of debate.

Youch!  I think most people on this list can see where this is going. 
Please take this thread to email before it becomes a full fledged
inferno.

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