Reading that book reinforced my opinion that I would rather leave micro optimizations to a compiler. How can you optimize for hardware that hasn't been invented yet? In 5 years time I can just recompile my code for the new architecture in assembly you need to rewrite.
> On 31 Mar 2016, at 3:55 AM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is a cool book. I learned something. I already made one code change. It's > in a non-critical section of code, frankly, but there is a pride of > workmanship that makes one want to "get it right." > > For those who have not seen it, it is two sections that I recall: one very > general ("how the beast works") and one with specific tips ("use this > instruction rather than this one"). > > A big thank you to Mr. Shum. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jim Mulder > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 12:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Microprocessor Optimization Primer > > This may be of interest to some of you. > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=5cf34211-c > 8e6-4747-a8c2-f8ff7379150b > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
