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Re: [tree-ssa, LNO] Analysis of scalar evolutions and data dependences
- From: Diego Novillo <dnovillo at redhat dot com>
- To: Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Pop Sébastian <pop at gauvain dot u-strasbg dot fr>, "gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:19:39 -0500
- Subject: Re: [tree-ssa, LNO] Analysis of scalar evolutions and data dependences
- Organization: Red Hat Canada
- References: <200312170259.hBH2xfOO001365@speedy.slc.redhat.com>
On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 21:59, law@redhat.com wrote:
> In message <1071615991.28689.141.camel@frodo.toronto.redhat.com>, Diego Novillo
> writes:
> >The high-level overview in tree-data-ref.c and tree-scalar-evolution.c
> >is helpful. Thanks. Any reason you chose Allen and Kennedy's book? I
> >haven't read it. Is it worth getting?
> I think it's worth having a copy. If for no other reason than it formulates
> a lot of problems we have traditionally solved in "interesting" was as data
> dependency problems. It makes you think and helps you see that there are
> better ways to solve certain problems than we have done in the past.
>
I was trying to compare it vs their other book "Optimizing Compilers for
Modern Architectures", which is quite decent. These guys are paper
mills, and they sometimes recycle material more than necessary.
Diego.