Peephole optimization

  • Authors:
  • W. M. McKeeman

  • Affiliations:
  • Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1965

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Abstract

Redundant instructions may be discarded during the final stage of compilation by using a simple optimizing technique called peephole optimization. The method is described and examples are given.