From: Sampo Niskanen <sampo AT lizard DOT compart DOT fi>
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Subject: Why only -O2?
Date: 26 Jan 1998 18:11:18 GMT
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Why do so many programs which come in sources on default use the option
-O2 in their makefiles? Shouldn't -O3 optimize even more?

Also, what optimization level does -O use? Are lower optimization levels
better for debugging, if so, what would be best?

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