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Sounds like you're looking for a Sufficiently Smart Compiler[0]. James Hague has a good piece on why this might not be so desirable[1].

One of the reasons I'm fond of Python is that, while there is a tradeoff between flexibility and performance, it gives you the means to sacrifice flexibility to aid you in improving performance -- once you've identified what (if any) actual performance bottlenecks you face.

[0] http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SufficientlySmartCompiler [1] http://prog21.dadgum.com/40.html

parent grifaton 14 years ago

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