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A “sufficiently smart compiler” is a (frequently mythical) one that can implement some difficult optimization on its own, rather than needing hints from the pro
by wolfgang42 3y ago
A “sufficiently smart compiler” is a (frequently mythical) one that can implement some difficult optimization on its own, rather than needing hints from the programmer. (See e.g. https://prog21.dadgum.com/40.html?0 https://prog21.dadgum.com/40.html?0 for some discussion on the topic.)
- satvikpendem 3y agoAh interesting. I wonder if LLMs can help solve that, although if they don't know the programmer's intent, they likely won't be able to optimize any better either.
- couchand 3y ago/s?
- satvikpendem 3y agoOnly half