Optimzed vs. readable code

[Paolo Carlini]

Pierre THIERRY wrote:

>Scribit Gabriel Dos Reis dies 30/11/2005 hora 21:57:
>  
>
>>Not just because you'll repeat ad infinitum that you'll have people
>>change their mind.
>>    
>>
>I was expecting my expectations were reasonable, because they were based
>on CS courses about compilation and compiler development. If you all
>agree the expectations that were the basis of my proposal are wrong,
>I'll just have to forget it.
>  
>
I would suggest instead reconsidering very carefully everything you
learned from your courses together with the replies you got from people
actually using compilers in the real world, writing compilers and
actively participating to the ISO C++ standardization commitee and
eventually reach a superior understanding of the whole matter...

Paolo.