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That'd be great but here is what Torvalds has to say about -Os http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1927090/focus=1928945 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.l

That'd be great but here is what Torvalds has to say about -Os http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1927090/focus=1928945 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1927090/focus=192... tl;dr - sometimes the smallest code being generated is slow and dumb

gsg 12y ago
That's nothing compared to the -O0 crud that the GP was complaining about. It's also not a problem with the field of compiler design, but a (probably temporary) weakness in gcc. (It is an interesting anecdote though.)