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

Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] <mvp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I will second that the C++ compiler is better at optimizing IL output
> than the C# compiler. However, as Willy stated, it will not always produce
> verifiable code... I believe the article you were looking for is in MSDN
> magazine.

No, the article was definitely someone posting in this group saying, "I
want to be able to embed IL in my C# code, here's why." He then
produced some better IL (which I suspect *was* verifiable) which the C#
compiler "could" have produced from the source C# (i.e. the behaviour
was identical).

I'm sure this will improve over time, but to be honest it's usually the
JIT that has more to do with optimisation IMO.

> But as a general statement, the C++ compiler generally has the best
> optimizations (and for unmanaged code, with the new profile-guided
> optimization, it's even cooler).

Right.

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