> I think I'd need to study it for months if not years to understand what the compiler did. Yes, but once you did you might see how you might improve it. Your

> I think I'd need to study it for months if not years to understand what the compiler did. Yes, but once you did you might see how you might improve it. Your brain, while slower at code translation than gcc, can think of things that gcc never will, and yet things that can beat your brain[1] are still slower. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superoptimization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superoptimization