Optimizing Immutable and Purity

[Jerry Quinn]

Walter Bright Wrote:

> I've been working on improving the optimizer to take advantage of 
> immutability and purity.
> 
> http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7l5x4/optimizing_immutable_and_purity/
> 
> http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Optimizing-Immutable-and-Purity.html&Itemid=29

This was an interesting read.  It would be nice to see a discussion of how const is going to fit in in terms of optimization potential, since you can always cast it away.

Jerry