# On z990 it was measured to perform 2.6-2.2 times better than
# compiler-generated code, less for longer keys...
-$flavour = shift;
+# $output is the last argument if it looks like a file (it has an extension)
+# $flavour is the first argument if it doesn't look like a file
+$output = $#ARGV >= 0 && $ARGV[$#ARGV] =~ m|\.\w+$| ? pop : undef;
+$flavour = $#ARGV >= 0 && $ARGV[0] !~ m|\.| ? shift : undef;
if ($flavour =~ /3[12]/) {
$SIZE_T=4;
$g="g";
}
-while (($output=shift) && ($output!~/\w[\w\-]*\.\w+$/)) {}
-open STDOUT,">$output";
+$output and open STDOUT,">$output";
$stdframe=16*$SIZE_T+4*8;