[Info-vax] Hard links on VMS ODS5 disks

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/25/2023 9:14 PM, Chris Townley wrote:
> On 26/07/2023 01:52, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 7/24/2023 4:38 AM, hb at end.of.inter.net wrote:
>>> On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 1:31:46 AM UTC+2, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> But difficult to check the difference between /OPT and /NOOPT,
>>>> because for some unknown reason /LIST/MACH does not list the
>>>> generated code.
>>>
>>> MACRO-32 on x86?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> You can always (except you compile with /NOOBJECT :-) get the machine 
>>> code listing with ANALYZE/OBJECT/DISASSEMBLE.
>>
>> I did not know that.
>>
>> But also weird.
>>
>> I do not see a difference between /OPT and /NOOPT at all.
> 
> But id optimisation of macro a thing? I thought it was only relevant to 
> higher level languages...
> 
> Never used macro32 - I gave up any low level language after playing with 
> Zilog Z80 code in the early 80s

It did not make any sense back on VAX when it was real assembler.

It does make some sense on the newer platforms where it is a
compiler.

Arne