Re: Lua 5.4.2 New assorted suggestions (Part II)

[Will Crowder <will@...>]

On Mon, 2020-11-23 at 08:01 -0600, Kyle Evans wrote:
>     The other thing to remember is that while you may still have scars
>     from compilers of the past, trying to outrun compiler optimizations
>     isn't really all that worthwhile (at least nowadays) over writing
>     clear and concise code for most applications. 
Indeed.  Optimize the design and at the higher levels of the implementation.  One is quite unlikely to out-micro-optimize a modern compiler, and code clarity and conciseness pays off in so many ways.

Back when C really was just "the greatest macroassembler ever written," code-level micro-optimizations made sense.  But compiler technology has come a long way since then.

Will