Re: Inline asm?

[Pierre Phaneuf <pp@ludusdesign.com>]

Joel Stanley wrote:

> > Remember
> >   2) Analize where the code is too slow before optimizing.
> > It sucks to optimize the wrong function.  I know.
> 
> Heh. I take it that this is the "art more than science" part?
> How does what determine where the code is too slow? Line-by-line analysis?

Compile your stuff with the -pg option to gcc/g++/egcs/c++ and later
check out the data it created with the gprof program (the GNU profiler).
This is very helpful!

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