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You can’t beat a good compiler…. right?

It is extremely well worn conventional wisdom that for your “average” programmer, it’s pretty much impossible to beat a good optimizing compiler at writing fast code. For those who skip the “understanding” part, and jump straight into the “application” part, this rule of thumb tends to be grossly misunderstood, and…
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Jun 7, 2010You can’t beat a good compiler…. right? by mnemonik10434

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