Re: [boost] [review] **NEXT WEEK** Review of Outcome (starts Fri-19-May)

Subject: Re: [boost] [review] **NEXT WEEK** Review of Outcome (starts Fri-19-May)
From: Marc Glisse (marc.glisse_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-05-15 19:38:33

On Mon, 15 May 2017, Niall Douglas via Boost wrote:

>> The vocabulary in the slides is odd (any memory is called stack,
>> anything 64 bits is called SSE) and there are some questionable
>> statements. Taking a gcc dev point of view, the main information I got
>> form those slides is interest in PR 59521 and some small margin of
>> progress on copying constant strings.
>>
>> If anything, the section on static branch prediction advertises that one
>> should use __builtin_expect more ;-)
>
> I am not the author of the talk. I can say he checked the contents of
> this thread and had a few colourful things to say about it, but did not
> disagree with my recollection of what he said.
>
> As I mentioned before, he's a long time attendee and presenter at ACCU.
> I am inclined to believe whatever he claims, he knows his stuff.

Ok, if what he said is different from what he wrote in the slides, all I 
can do is trust you...

Thanks again for forwarding the link to the slides,

-- 
Marc Glisse