On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 13:35:22 +0200 Gabriel Ravier via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> [pages of bullshit deleted] > > 2. Are you aware that these emails are not only pretty useless, but > potentially actively counterproductive ? I'd personally expect GCC > developers, who are rightfully not particularly happy at the thought of > having to constantly suffer your belittling emails, to at best actively > ignore them - but even worse from what I presume would be your POV (that > of someone who wants GCC's optimizer to improve), this constant spam > might give rise to what would be a pretty reasonable response: to be > biased against any proposed improvement that comes from or derives from > your emails. Sounds like the response of an idiot, or a malignant individual who isn't interested in improving their junk code. A not-uncommon response in today's world, full of arrogant, self-righteous, brittle individuals who just can't stand criticism. > PS: I hope you understand that I'm being somewhat generous when assuming > you genuinely want to get GCC's optimizer to improve, What? Are you claiming he *doesn't* want to see it improved? > Someone else might instead think you're just a troll Not you, of course. No sir. You're smarter than that, right? > that uses this as a pretext to send > inflammatory emails everywhere and waste the time of people like me. I thought the entire purpose of these threads was to call attention to the fact that our time IS being wasted already, by the shitty GCC optimizer? Dave
