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| Optimizing in assembly language rhyde@transdimension.com (Randall Hyde) (2001-03-01) |
| Re: Optimizing in assembly language jim.granville@designtools.co.nz (Jim Granville) (2001-03-04) |
| Re: Optimizing in assembly language sunni@speakeasy.net (Shankar Unni) (2001-03-04) |
| Re: Optimizing in assembly language ts3@ukc.ac.uk (T.Shackell) (2001-03-08) |
| Re: Optimizing in assembly language jguthrie@brokersys.com (Jonathan Guthrie) (2001-03-08) |
| Re: Optimizing in assembly language l-desnogues@ti.com (Laurent Desnogues) (2001-03-08) |
| Re: Optimizing in assembly language ceco@jupiter.com (Tzvetan Mikov) (2001-03-08) |
| Re: Optimizing in assembly language adrian@sartre.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk (A Johnstone) (2001-03-08) |
| Re: Optimizing in assembly language rhyde@transdimension.com (Randall Hyde) (2001-03-10) |
| Re: Optimizing in assembly language me@nospam.net (Scottie) (2001-03-10) |
| Re: Optimizing in assembly language thp@hill.cs.ucr.edu (Tom Payne) (2001-03-12) |
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| From: | Jonathan Guthrie <jguthrie@brokersys.com> |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| Date: | 8 Mar 2001 12:30:51 -0500 |
| Organization: | Houston Area League of PC Users, Inc. |
| References: | 01-03-006 |
| Keywords: | assembler, optimize |
| Posted-Date: | 08 Mar 2001 12:30:51 EST |
Randall Hyde <rhyde@transdimension.com> wrote:
> So here's my question: why can't we write an "optimizing assembler"
> that lets the programmer specify machine sequences and the assembler
> does the same kinds of "book keeping" that a HLL compiler would do.
Microware's 6809 assembler for OS-9 in the early 80's could run a
peephole optimizer on the input file. It didn't work all that well,
though, and reduced the size of the code, in my dimly-remembered
experience, more than the run time.
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