Re: optimizing compiler against average assembly programmer.

dietz@interaccess.com (Paul F. Dietz)
13 Jul 1997 11:34:26 -0400

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From: dietz@interaccess.com (Paul F. Dietz)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers,comp.lang.asm.x86
Date: 13 Jul 1997 11:34:26 -0400
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References: 97-06-071 97-06-082 97-06-110 97-06-140 97-07-023 97-07-035
Keywords: optimize, architecture

On 8 Jul 1997 00:33:03 -0400, Stefan Monnier
<monnier+comp/compilers/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu> wrote:


>Isn't there also something to say about the instruction sets? The 68K
>has some tricky instructions so I do expect weird combinations to
>output unexpected results, but what about more streamlined ISAs as
>current typical CISCs ? Would the Superoptimizer really be useful on a
>MIPS ?


There was a paper at PLDI a couple of years ago about using the
Superoptimizer to find fast instruction sequences for conditional
assignments on the Power architecture, and on the Alpha, IIRC.


Paul
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