> x86 compiler performance has been good enough for a long, long time. > NP-hard problems on a large scale just to get passable performance. First, it is hard

> x86 compiler performance has been good enough for a long, long time. > NP-hard problems on a large scale just to get passable performance. First, it is hard to refute a claim, or find meaning in it, when you start using terms like "passable" and "good enough". Second, I think this overstates the need for optimal scheduling because Itanium SPEC performance was "passable" out of the gate.