Author: Casper H.S. DikCasper H.S. Dik
Date: Dec 17, 2006 02:18
David Taylor yadt.co.uk> writes:
>With gcc you can tell it to produce assembler. Alternatively, compile
>to object code and disassemble.
>Of course, it probably won't be as efficient as painstakingly hand-tuned
>assembler.
Especially when you use gcc which does not produce very efficient SPARC
code. The (free) Sun compilers generally generate much better SPARC
code (assemly with the -S switch). The latest compilers even produce
some comments as to what they did and why.
Casper
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