On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 07:28:11AM +0000, Andrew Dalke wrote: > > There's something to be said for simplicity. I also > wonder if modern optimizing compliers could figure > out some of this automatically, but I don't wonder > enough to find out. Judging from this URL, I'd say they problem can: http://lwn.net/Articles/45404/ -Andrew.