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Compiler with extended redundant copy elimination

US5790867A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 2, 1996
Grant dateAug 4, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 2, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/443
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A compiler and method of compiling provide extended redundant copy elimination by eliminating copy statements having provably equivalent data items when it is determined that the defined operand of a copy statement has both a non-uniquely reachable use, and an additional, uniquely reachable use that is also a copy statement.

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