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Re:Parallel GCC: a research project aiming to parallelize a ... by nwmcsween on Saturday September 14, 2019 @07:48PM (#20974593)
OT but why isn't there a compiler that simply does absolutely basic passes to get the IR into a 'normalized' form then apply optimizations based on a 'database' of super optimized 'chunks'? For unoptimized parts run the super optimizer.
Re:Parallel GCC: a research project aiming to parallelize a ... by exikyut on Saturday September 14, 2019 @08:28PM (#20974763)
So basically a code lowering engine that works a bit like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashlife. Interesting!

(NB. Googling "lowering" turned up the seemingly-random https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14422944; that page isn't such a bad set of starting links, so I figured I'd include it.)

Re:Parallel GCC: a research project aiming to parallelize a ... by Eug894 on Friday September 20, 2019 @09:44AM (#21026565)
Please, read this idea regarding use of superoptimizers: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GSv89tiQmPDcnFEu4n4CqfaJcUJ...
Re:Parallel GCC: a research project aiming to parallelize a ... by UncleMeat on Sunday September 15, 2019 @01:25AM (#20975716)
Superoptimization scales to hundreds of assembly instructions. Its not feasible for overall compilation.