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DateFri, 21 Nov 2003 08:34:24 GMT
FromJohn Bradford <>
SubjectRe: transmeta cpu code question
Quote from Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > It's also not faster in any meaningful way, since the dynamic
> > translator does optimistic optimization.
> 
> Statically compiled code for the Crusoe chips may not be faster.
> (Arguably statically compiled code for _any_ CPU is not the best
> strategy for fast code).
> 
> But if someone is able to write better code morphing software than
> Transmeta, that would be faster :)

The idea of a CMS which only implemented the subset of X86
instructions that gcc actually uses was discussed on the list a few
months ago, but unsuprisingly it never progressed beyond the thought
experiment stage.

John.
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