gso - gnu super optimizer?

[Jeffrey A Law]

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rite:
  > Hi all,
  > 
  > What is the "gso - gnu super optimizer"?  I read a brief blurb on it in a
  > magazine but was unable to find any information on it whatsoever on the
  > net.  I'm guessing it is/was part of gcc.
No, it's not part of gcc, but it can be used to find instrution patterns to
implement non-branching code for certain operations, which can then be put
into machine descriptions for use by gcc.

I think there was a paper on it in PLDI 92.

jeff