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Article #10398Re: Optimising C compiler question
From: Keith Harwood
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 01:07
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 01:07
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In article <kcollins.671991559@convex.convex.com> kcollins@convex.com (Kirby L. Collins) writes: >Rather than provide a means for the programmer to "hand optimize" register >allocation, a more useful solution would be to give the programmer a way >to inform the compiler about branch frequency. The FORTRAN II (sorry about the F... word) circa 1959 had the FREQUENCY statement for exactly that purpose. Keith Harwood.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!metro!tplrd!keithh From: keithh@tplrd.tpl.oz.au (Keith Harwood) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Optimising C compiler question Summary: It's been done. Message-ID: <1991Apr23.010727.2123@tplrd.tpl.oz.au> Date: 23 Apr 91 01:07:27 GMT References: <1991Apr15.134417.24380@bigsur.uucp> <9537@cognos.UUCP> <kcollins.671991559@convex.convex.com> Sender: keithh@tplrd.tpl.oz.au Distribution: comp Organization: Telectronics Pacing Systems Lines: 9