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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: else ladders practice
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> It's funny how nobody seems to care about the speed of compilers
> (which can vary by 100:1), but for the generated programs, the 2:1
> speedup you might get by optimising it is vital!

I think most people would rather take this path (these times
are actual measured times of a recently written program):

    compile time:       1 second
    program run time:   ~7 hours

than this path (extrapolated using the ratios mentioned above):

    compile time:       0.01 second
    program run time:   ~14 hours