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In article <1992Aug6.183140.10233@ennews.eas.asu.edu> hougland@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Kriss A. Hougland) writes:

>>  But the Intel handouts show a RISC processor in there, and imply large
>>gains in performance if you "simply recompile for maximum performance."
>                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>This is almost always true for any CPU that is backwards compatable.
>In general, trace flow, branch prediction, variable lifetime analsys and
>lots of other good compiler optimizations are now happening.  Heck, 
>recompiling the original program on a "good" modern compiler can do
>wonders.

>I also think that they mentioned something to the effect that just
>recompiling to the 486 would yield a signifciant performance increase.

Being an end user, rather than primarily a software deveolper, I see a need 
for a machine-code optimizer that can take an .exe file compiled with a (old|
diferent cpu optimized) compiler and reshufle the instruction order for best 
performance on an [i386|i486|P5], especialy since the vast majority of MS 
Dos programs are still compiled for the 8088 (for backwards compatiblity).

Does anyone make such a package?  (I know there are major differences in 
the native modes of these processors, but some improvement should still be 
possible with out totaly rewriting the code.)
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