If Zortech C++ and dmc++ are fast, why is dmd's asm slow?

Ola Fosheim Grostad ola.fosheim.grostad at gmail.com
Sun May 30 03:40:32 UTC 2021


On Sunday, 30 May 2021 at 02:43:29 UTC, Max Haughton wrote:
> On Sunday, 30 May 2021 at 00:04:35 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grostad 
> wrote:
>> On Saturday, 29 May 2021 at 23:43:48 UTC, James Lu wrote:
>>> I wonder if it could be possible to get some CS PhD candidate 
>>> to work on dmc++ to bring its backend up to modern standards.
>>
>> No, phd=research. Not engineering.
>
> Lots of compiler work is done by PhD students, especially the 
> groundwork on new algorithms etc.
>
> The backend would need a complete rewrite which is basically 
> what Chris Lattner did his PhD thesis on (or at least on the 
> design of said rewrite)

Master thesis.  Phd=advancement in pointer analysis, more 
theoretical/narrow.


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