Re: re:-O2 or -O3 ?

["behan (b.) webster" <behanw@bnr.ca>]

>> Note that "-O2" is the highest form of optimization that does not trade
>> off space for speed.  Since Linux is sometimes run on machines with very
>> tight memory/disk constraints, then trading off significant space (>20%)
>> for insignificant speed (<10%) is, IMO, not worth it.  Measuring speed
>> improvement is, unfortunately, much more difficult than measuring program
>> size.
>
>Does anyone disagree with Brian White ?  If not I'll change the
>guidelines back to recommending -O2.

Brian's right.  Stick with -O2.

Behan Webster

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