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Date:	Sun, 19 Jul 1998 22:08:37 +0200
From:	Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: PGCC's optimizations (continued)
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In-Reply-To:	<3.0.32.19980718015819.00994ca0@xs4all.nl>; from Vincent Diepeveen on Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 02:00:15AM +0100
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On Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 02:00:15AM +0100, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
> >This is quite interesting... are you sure that you compile these programs in
> >C mode as opposed to mcirosofts combined c-c++ thing? In C, there are many
> >clearly defined type conversions which need an explicit cast in C++.
> 
> all c code, and initially you don't notice the casting problems.

No, I meant did you compile the C program in your compilers "C mode" or
"C++ mode", as these are two different languages, and C++ is much
pickier about casts. (There are other bad things in c++ as well ;)

> In fact it usually works ok. But i'm having masses of pointer structures
> and speedy things. I'll do anything to get faster, as long as i get 
> lossless faster.

but casts don't impove the execution speed in any way.

> Most chessprograms engines are therefore in assembler. 
> 
> Mine isn't.
> 
> Yet i have learnt a lot about C programming.
> And how well/bad compilers are.

;)

[the rest I will look at later]

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