21 Feb
2009
21 Feb
'09
5:09 p.m.
Hello Khudyakov, Sunday, February 22, 2009, 12:58:59 AM, you wrote:
you could even pass it in a test data set to which it must be optimized; after the program is compiled, the compiler runs and profiles it, measures the results, and does another pass to make it faster.
it supported in gcc4 and icl at least
I've just remembered another but related approach to optimization. It uses genetic algorithm to determine close to the best set of optimization options.
afaik it used widely for tuning parameters of compression algorithms -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:Bulat.Ziganshin@gmail.com