Code selection through object code optimization (1984)
| Venue: | ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems |
| Citations: | 66 - 13 self |
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@ARTICLE{Davidson84codeselection,
author = {Jack W. Davidson and Christopher W. Fraser},
title = {Code selection through object code optimization},
journal = {ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems},
year = {1984},
volume = {6},
pages = {505--526}
}
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Abstract
This paper shows how thorough object code optimization has simplified a compiler and made it easy to retarget. The code generator forgoes case analysis and emits naive code that is improved by a retargetable object code optimizer. With this technique, cross-compilers have been built for seven machines, some in as few as three person days. These cross-compilers emit code comparable to host-specific compilers. Categories and Subject Descriptors: D.3.4 [Programming Languages]: Processors--code genera-tion; compilers; optimization
