> one day, the sufficiently smart compiler will understand what we mean in our programs and generate code that is faster than what an expert could write in C or even assembly.
Who is making this argument? Pretty sure I’ve heard most compilers (and transpilers maybe) will do a better job of the low level stuff than your average dev, but AFAIK no one notable is arguing a true expert couldn’t squeeze out some additional performance using say Assembly if and when it’s sensible to do so.
Who is making this argument? Pretty sure I’ve heard most compilers (and transpilers maybe) will do a better job of the low level stuff than your average dev, but AFAIK no one notable is arguing a true expert couldn’t squeeze out some additional performance using say Assembly if and when it’s sensible to do so.