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On Tue, 17 Sep 2024 0:00:34 +0000, EricP wrote:

> Bill Findlay wrote:
> I found the same 5% performance cost in my tests with DEC Ada85.
> Most code was pretty optimal too.
>
> The one thing I found DEC's compiler made a complete pigs breakfast
> of the generated code was scanning a character string backwards:

Bacon, sausage, and ham.

Sounds yummy. Code not so much.