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Re: Threading the compiler

From: sohail at taggedtype dot net
To: "Michael Eager" <eager at eagercon dot com>
Cc: "Mike Stump" <mrs at apple dot com>, "GCC Development" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:55:29 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: Threading the compiler
References: <D5E71E91-8A8D-4472-95DD-8C03C1E218C8@apple.com> <455627BC.2080408@eagercon.com>

> Each of the functions in a C/C++ program is dependent on
> the global environment, but each is independent of each other.
> Separate threads could process the tree/RTL for each function
> independently, with the results merged on completion.  This
> may interact adversely with some global optimizations, such
> as inlining.

Is it just me or could lazy evaluation really help here?

Ok maybe its just me.

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