<para>Use GHC's native code generator rather than
compiling via C. This will compile faster (up to twice as
fast), but may produce code that is slightly slower than
- compiling via C. <option>-fasm</option> is the default
- when optimisation is off (see <xref
- linkend="options-optimise"/>).</para>
+ compiling via C. <option>-fasm</option> is the default.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Compile via C instead of using the native code
- generator. This is default for optimised compilations,
- and on architectures for which GHC doesn't have a native
- code generator.</para>
+ generator. This is the default on architectures for which GHC
+ doesn't have a native code generator.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>