Am Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:04:21 +0000 schrieb Johan Engelen <j@j.nl>: > On Wednesday, 13 April 2016 at 11:34:26 UTC, Johan Engelen wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've written an article about how I implemented > > profile-guided optimization (PGO) of virtual calls to direct > > calls (a micro-micro-optimization, expected performance gain of > > just a few percent if any!). > > I've updated the article with performance measurements of just the D code of LDC: the improvement with PGO is about 7% ! Compilers are full of logic that makes some code 0.5% faster. The sum of all these little bits is what makes up an optimizing compiler and if today you still find an optimization that's worth 1 or 2% you have a jackpot! 7% is quite a bit more than any other option like -cpu=native could achieve. If feasible I'd enjoy if ldc2 shipped with a pgo configuration option. If you use the compiler in a lot of edit/compile cycles it will pay off. -- Marco