We try to answer two questions related to compiler optimizations: how can you help the compiler do a better job and when does it make sense to do the compiler optimizations manually.

We try to answer two questions related to compiler optimizations: how can you help the compiler do a better job and when does it make sense to do the compiler optimizations manually.
Function calls are not cheap operations and for time critical code it is better to avoid them. This article explores techniques you can use to avoid function calls thus speeding up your code.