Dave Korn wrote on 04/23/07 14:26: > Has any of the Acovea research demonstrated whether there actually is any > such thing as a "good default set of flags in all cases"? If the results
Not Acovea itself. The research I'm talking about involves a compiler whose pipeline can be modified and resequenced. It's not just a matter of adding -f/-m flags. The research I've seen does a fairly good job at modelling AI systems that traverse the immense search space looking for different sequences. > obtained diverge significantly according to the nature/coding > style/architecture/other uncontrolled variable factors of the application, we > may be labouring under a false premise wrt. the entire idea, mightn't we? Yes. That's why it's called "research" ;) I'm sure we'll get an earful of at least a couple of these at the summit.
