Work

Code selection through object code optimization

Year: 1984

Type: article

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 hostspecific compilers.

Source: ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems

DOI: 10.1145/1780.1783

Authors: Jack W. Davidson, Christopher W. Fraser

Institutions: University of Virginia, University of Arizona

Language: English

Topic: Logic, programming, and type systems

Subfield: Software

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Science Foundation

Award: Formalizing and Automating the Implementation of Portable Software