smart compilers

[ecf_ujaj%jhu.csnet at csnet-relay.arpa]

 Dick Dunn <rcd at opus > writes:

 > FORTRAN is so crippled in terms of
 > being able to express what's "really going on" in its problem domain that
 > a decent (let alone smart) compiler has to do a lot of optimization.

 Compilers that optimize code can break programs regardless of what 
 language that code is written in.  Optimizing compilers are very useful
 as long as the optimization is optional (or at least can be turned
 off when the code involved may be sensitive to optimization).

 -jj