[COFF] [TUHS] To NDEBUG or not to NDEBUG, that is the question

[Lars Brinkhoff via COFF]

Steve Jenkin wrote:
> How many computing workloads are now CPU limited,
> and can’t afford run-time Sanity Checking in Userland?

At my day job we have compiled with -g -O0 from day one, and we are not
eager to change.  I suppose if the project management starts to worry
about CPU load or memory shortage, then we'll turn on the optimizer.  We
have joked about adding ballast to the application, so we can score an
easy win when someone complains it's too big.