Re: What's a "snowplow"?

// "See the battle of the snowplows! The enire population of
// Cleveland Ohio compiled in a single pass!"
//
// What's a "snowplow"? If it's a compiler term, its certainly fallen from
// favor, as no compiler text I can find mentions it.


    compile: tr.v: 2. To put together or compose from materials gathered from
    several sources.


    snowplow: n. 1. A plowlike device or vehicle used to remove snow,
    esp. from roads and railroad tracks.


My part of the world (at least) is intimately familiar with these very
large beasts, usually a grungy orange.


Ob. comp.compilers: the road I live on is can be handled in a single-pass,
whilst major roads usually require multiple passes. It's truly a monster
plow than can handle all of Cleveland in a single pass.


Optimization techniques include sand and salt, but these often have long
term detrimental effects on the execution environment.


[ Oh G*d, if I'm this crazy before the snow flies... ]
[This about sums up the snowplow discussion. -John]
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