[PLUG] Intel C++, GCC compatibility

Steve Bonds 1s7k8uhcd001 at sneakemail.com
Wed Jan 7 11:42:02 UTC 2004


On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Terry Griffin griffint-at-pobox.com |PDX Linux| wrote:

> There's a lot to this approach. I find I can make my code *much* faster
> if don't worry so much about having it do the right thing. This opens up
> many possibilities for some very effective optimizations.

Kirk McKusick (one of the original BSD developers) used to make fun of
this approach all the time.  He calls it "wrong answers, delivered
quickly".

  -- Steve




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