Re: Compiler Optimizing assembler

David L Moore <dlmoore@ix.netcom.com>
3 Nov 1996 13:09:16 -0500

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From: David L Moore <dlmoore@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 3 Nov 1996 13:09:16 -0500
Organization: Netcom
References: 96-11-029
Keywords: optimize, assembler

Werner Strydom wrote:


> Has any reaserch been done optimizing (code duplication, dead code,
> speed optimitization) assembler programs? Where can I find it?


The MIPS compiler team did some optimization in the assembler. If
memory serves, they also had some profiling based optimization in the
linker to reduce code working set sizes by packing machine code into
pages based on call patterns. These people are now presumably at
Silicon Graphics.
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