Subj : Re: OO compilers and efficiency
To   : comp.programming
From : Gerry Quinn
Date : Fri Jul 29 2005 12:12 pm

In article <dcas8v$rgf$1@avnika.corp.mot.com>, 
paul.f.dietz@motorola.com says...
> Gerry Quinn wrote:
> 
> > I'm sure there are cases where programs are continually modified to 
> > improve performance.  But surely they should be an exception, given 
> > that computing power increases all the time, and if performance was 
> > merely adequate last year, it should be satisfactory this year and more 
> > than satisfactory next year without any further modification?
> 
> You are assuming the size of the problems being addressed does not
> also increase.

Indeed, that might in some circumstances constitute such an exceptional 
case.

- Gerry Quinn

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