I remember that coyote gulch did some benchmarks of gcc compilers
with
different flags.
He tried a genetic algorithm type approach to try and find
the "perfect" set of optimization flags to use.
His site is probably
permanently down. I found some people had it cached
and mirrored.
http://geckies.user.cis.ksu.edu/tiki-view_cache.php?url=http://www.coyote...
Acovea: Analysis of Compiler Options via Evolutionary Algorithm by Scott
Robert Ladd .
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