Re: optimizing compiler against average assembly programmer.

debray@cs.arizona.edu (Saumya K. Debray)
30 Jun 1997 23:10:10 -0400

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From: debray@cs.arizona.edu (Saumya K. Debray)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers,comp.lang.asm.x86
Date: 30 Jun 1997 23:10:10 -0400
Organization: University of Arizona CS Department, Tucson AZ
References: 97-06-071 97-06-082 97-06-110
Keywords: performance

With all the DeepBlue-vs.-Mankind hoopla that was going around not
long ago, I'm surprised no one saw fit to mention Massalin's work on
the superoptimizer in this thread. While this isn't the sort of thing
compilers do routinely, it's an excellent illustration of the sorts of
things computers and brute-force search are good at and people aren't:


    H. Massalin, "Superoptimizer: a look at the smallest program",
    Proc. ASPLOS II, 1987, pp. 122-127.


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