On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 7:22:41 PM UTC-8, Michael Jones wrote: > > …make the compiler's rewrite rules and register assignments be able to > express that two 32-bit variables are "roommates" in a 64-bit register. >
Kind-of like Automatic Vectorization <https://software.intel.com/en-us/cpp-compiler-developer-guide-and-reference-automatic-vectorization-overview> ? > So nothing against small benchmarks and puzzle suites...just don't take > the numbers to literally. > On the benchmarks game website, you should take the numbers *literally*. They are what they say they are — but they are no more than that. In particular, there's *no claim* that those measurements, of a few tiny programs, somehow *define* the relative performance of programming languages <https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/why-measure-toy-benchmark-programs.html>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.