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Re: source mgt. requirements solicitation
- From: dewar at gnat dot com (Robert Dewar)
- To: pop at gauvain dot u-strasbg dot fr, velco at fadata dot bg
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, torvalds at transmeta dot com, zack at codesourcery dot com
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 11:38:39 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: source mgt. requirements solicitation
> Maybe it's true because for writing compiler optimizations one
> should have some knowledge in mathematics. Most of the new techniques
> developped for optimizing compilers use abstract representations
> based on mathematical objects (such as graphs, lattices, vectorial spaces,
> polyhedras, ...)
Indeed, and the model of miscelleaneous local tinkering with a compiler
by people who do not know the entire environment is a risky one.