From: DrDiettrich1@aol.com   
      
   George Neuner wrote:   
      
   >>IMO an understanding, of how compilers work, is a must for code   
   >>writers.   
   >   
   >   
   > I agree with you and I happen to have a compiler specific education,   
   > but in practice all a performance developer needs is to understand how   
   > her particular compiler translates a particular program construct.   
      
   This is just *not* what I meant. IMO it's much easier to understand   
   e.g.  how to write recursive procedures, when one has an idea of how   
   procedure calls (parameters, stackframes...) are translated into   
   machine code.  Visibility rules for symbols, the difference between   
   static and dynamic initialization of variables, error messages, and   
   much more can be understood easier, when having an idea of how a   
   compiler works in general.   
      
   DoDi   
      
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