Re: [Haskell-cafe] speed: ghc vs gcc

Peter Verswyvelen writes:

you could even pass it in a test data set to which it must be optimized; after the program is compiled, the compiler runs and profiles it, measures the results, and does another pass to make it faster.

some C++ compilers can already do this (profile based optimization).

Rumor says firefox needs profile based optimization to run faster. Or it is not a rumor at all. I guess for all those goodness of haskell, a heavy profile based optimization should be done and could probably result in a much faster binary than C++. Best, Xiao-Yong -- c/* __o/* <\ * (__ */\ <