From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24223 invoked by alias); 24 Feb 2003 00:34:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 24216 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2003 00:34:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nile.gnat.com) (205.232.38.5) by 172.16.49.205 with SMTP; 24 Feb 2003 00:34:06 -0000 Received: by nile.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 338) id CB870F2DE7; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 19:34:05 -0500 (EST) To: jh@suse.cz, rmyers1400@attbi.com Subject: Re: Feedback-driven optimization Cc: dewar@gnat.com, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, rth@redhat.com Message-Id: <20030224003405.CB870F2DE7@nile.gnat.com> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 01:16:00 -0000 From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) X-SW-Source: 2003-02/txt/msg01567.txt.bz2 > > What I want to know is how much of the disappointing performance of VLIW > is fundamental: the information just isn't there, and how much is > pragmatic: the information might be there but no one can imagine putting > the effort in that would be necessary to exploit it. Many people have studied this question in great detail, so the first step for you is a major effort cracking the existing literature.