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- Here we consider a special kind of optimisation, which is
currently performed only by specialist compilers --
``restructuring compilers''.
- Conventional optimisations (see the Dragon book) must also
be performed.
The difference is this:
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- Conventional optimisations reduce the amount of work
the computer has to do at run-time.
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- Restructuring aims to do the work in an order which
suits the target architecture better.
Paul H J Kelly
Thu Feb 6 22:02:49 GMT 1997