From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2002-12-09T03:36:05+09:00
Subject: Re: (OT) Re: elseif?

On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 11:53:04PM +0900, MikkelFJ wrote:
> 
> "ts" <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> wrote in message
> news:200212081116.gB8BGgU27230@moulon.inra.fr...
> > >>>>> "T" == Tim Hunter <Tim.Hunter@sas.com> writes:
> >
> > T> (This is based on my >20 year old memory of FORTRAN 77, so I could be
> > T> off in the details. I believe "computed GOTO" is deprecated in current
> > T> FORTRANs. :-)
> >
> >  I hope it's deprecated. I take me 3 days to debug one of my FORTRAN 4
> >  program written with computed GOTO (ACP program) and it's worst than a
> >  case statement. But I always write stupid things :-))
> 
> The ocaml bytecode interpreter on gcc runs 50% faster than the equivalent on
> MSVC despite the fact that MSVC is generally optimizing better than gcc. The
> reason? gcc supports computed gotos which apparently allows the interpreter
> to translate opcodes to addresses of subroutines, thus avoiding an extra
> computational step for each instruction.

Parrot is using GCC's computed gotos, too.

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