C "neatener" - another example (#9)

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> I do not understand the point of this.
> Your examples are not comparing the C language
> to the Bliss-32 (or Common Bliss) language.

Maybe I'm missing something but I thought the whole point was not comparing
the two languages C vs. BLISS but to show that the "standard" BSD / USG C
compiler optimizes inadequately.

Personnally I can understand why the Fortran compiler is an embarrasement,
considering the attitude in this community toward Fortran.  However, I
cannot understand why Unix does not come with a super-optimizing C compiler,
as any increase in the speed of the code produced will speed up all of Unix.
Surely by now better could be done.
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Bill Sebok			Princeton University, Astrophysics
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