Re: Will GCC eventually learn to use BSR or even TZCNT on AMD/Intel processors?

[Dave Blanchard <dave@killthe.net>]

On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 13:35:22 +0200
Gabriel Ravier via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:

> [pages of bullshit deleted]
>
> 2. Are you aware that these emails are not only pretty useless, but 
> potentially actively counterproductive ? I'd personally expect GCC 
> developers, who are rightfully not particularly happy at the thought of 
> having to constantly suffer your belittling emails, to at best actively 
> ignore them - but even worse from what I presume would be your POV (that 
> of someone who wants GCC's optimizer to improve), this constant spam 
> might give rise to what would be a pretty reasonable response: to be 
> biased against any proposed improvement that comes from or derives from 
> your emails. 

Sounds like the response of an idiot, or a malignant individual who isn't interested in improving their junk code. A not-uncommon response in today's world, full of arrogant, self-righteous, brittle individuals who just can't stand criticism.

> PS: I hope you understand that I'm being somewhat generous when assuming 
> you genuinely want to get GCC's optimizer to improve,

What? Are you claiming he *doesn't* want to see it improved?

> Someone else might  instead think you're just a troll 

Not you, of course. No sir. You're smarter than that, right?

> that uses this as a pretext to send 
> inflammatory emails everywhere and waste the time of people like me.

I thought the entire purpose of these threads was to call attention to the fact that our time IS being wasted already, by the shitty GCC optimizer?

Dave