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Re: Proposed change to pp.c (readability)

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From:
Larry Wall
Date:
November 29, 1999 11:22
Subject:
Re: Proposed change to pp.c (readability)
Message ID:
199911291921.LAA21929@kiev.wall.org
Ilya Zakharevich writes:
: GRommel@sears.com writes:
: > in a register anyhow; and (d) any gain in speed that comes from using a register
: > is probably tiny and must be weighed against the reduced readability.
: 
: The trend is to trade readability to performance, especially for so
: trivial topics as this one.

That's fine by me.  That was a very ancient optimization for a
particular architecture that most of you aren't using any more.

Larry

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