Re: [gentoo-dev] Do we want optimal performance?

[Lisa Seelye <lisa@gentoo.org>]

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On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 06:15, Klavs Klavsen wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> Just read an interesting article about Xeon vs. Opteron from anandtech -
> where they really show how much difference compile optimizations (or not)
> does - and how it differs for different programs for different processors.

To me the phrase "optimal performance" means that all of the programs I
use compile, run, are stable, and give a respectable "response time." 
Who cares if Apache serves up your pages 0.005 seconds faster as long as
they're served up in a respectable time?

I laugh at the people who run with every cflag optimisation they can
because chances are there's no real reason for them to need such
optimisation at such a risk for buggy behavior.

I think that the people who /need/ these optimisations will know what
they're doing in advance and how to customise their cflags accordingly.

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Regards,
Lisa Seelye
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