Re: Can you write code directly in CIL ???

> Don't misunderstand me - I'm not recommending hand-tweaking IL - I'm
> just saying that the C# compiler does *not* generate "perfect" IL.

I hope that the new C#(2.0) compiler is better at this.

Thanks.

Ab.

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <skeet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Abubakar <abubakarm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > 2- C# compiler is as clever in generating msil as anyone can possibly
get. I
> > would recommend that start analysing the output of the C# compiler by
> > looking at the generated msil using ildasm (or your fav il disassembler)
and
> > really see if you could have written a better msil.
>
> This is entirely untrue. I believe the MC++ compiler generates better
> IL than the C# compiler, for a start. For a second thing, I remember a
> post a long time ago by someone who wanted to be able to embed IL in
> his C#. We asked him whether he was sure it would produce a performance
> improvement, and he produced his hand-tweaked IL and the IL generated
> by the C# compiler - and the hand-tweaked IL was about twice as fast.
>
> Don't misunderstand me - I'm not recommending hand-tweaking IL - I'm
> just saying that the C# compiler does *not* generate "perfect" IL.
>
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