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Binary-code compatibility (binary compatible or object-code compatible) is a property of a computer system, meaning that it can run the same executable code, typically machine code for a general-purpose computer central processing unit (CPU), that another computer system can run.
An object code optimizer, sometimes also known as a post pass optimizer or, for small sections of code, peephole optimizer, forms part of a software compiler. It takes the output from the source language compile step - the object code or binary file - and tries to replace identifiable sections of the code with replacement code that is more ...
An example is explicit optimization of a code path which is considered a bottleneck by the profiler. In the case of Common Lisp, this is possible by using an explicit declaration to type-annotate a variable to a machine-size word (fixnum) [15] and lower the type safety level to zero [16] for a particular code block. [17] [18] [19] [20]
Reduced Code Readability: If loop unrolling is done manually instead of by an optimizing compiler, the code can become harder to understand and maintain. Conflict with Function Inlining: When the loop body contains function calls, unrolling may prevent inlining due to excessive code expansion, leading to a trade-off between these two optimizations.
In the field of compiler optimizations, available expressions is an analysis algorithm that determines for each point in the program the set of expressions that need not be recomputed. Those expressions are said to be available at such a point. To be available on a program point, the operands of the expression should not be modified on any path ...
A diagram depicting an optimizing compiler removing a potentially useless call to assembly instruction "b" by sinking it to its point of use. Code Sinking, also known as lazy code motion, is a term for a technique that reduces wasted instructions by moving instructions to branches in which they are used: [1] If an operation is executed before a branch, and only one of the branch paths use the ...
A prominent example of this approach is CompCert, which is a formally verified optimizing compiler of a large subset of C99. [2] [3] [4] Another verified compiler was developed in CakeML project, [5] which establishes correctness of a substantial subset of Standard ML programming language using the HOL (proof assistant).
A binary recompiler is a compiler that takes executable binary files as input, analyzes their structure, applies transformations and optimizations, and outputs new optimized executable binaries. [ 1 ]