Profile-based preprocessor for optimizing programs
US5613118A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3612
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is an system and method for optimizing a program, having qualified elements, at the source level. The method includes the steps of instrumenting each path of the qualified elements to create an instrumented program, executing the instrumented program to produce instrumentation information for each of the paths, analyzing the instrumentation information, and in response to the analyzing step, restructuring the program to create an optimize program.
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