From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 6 08:16:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA01147 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 08:16:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA01142 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 08:16:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA28707; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:14:40 -0500 Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:14:40 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9603061614.AA28707@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Luigi Rizzo Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith), questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: malloc upgrade. In-Reply-To: <199603061244.NAA08274@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> References: <199603052355.KAA20299@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> <199603061244.NAA08274@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < said: > Is there any reason why libc is built (by default) with -O rather > than -O2 ? Yes. -O2 is often buggy and even more often makes programs larger and slower. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant