GNU superoptimiser

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GNU superoptimiser definition


(GSO) A function sequence generator that uses an exhaustive generate-and-test approach to find the shortest instruction sequence for a given function. Written by Torbjorn Granlund tege@gnu.ai.mit.edu and Tom Wood. You have to tell the superoptimiser which function and which CPU you want to get code for. This is useful for compiler writers.
FTP superopt-2.2.tar.Z from a GNU archive site.
Generates code for DEC Alpha, SPARC, Intel 80386, 88000, RS/6000, 68000, 29000 and Pyramid (SP, AP and XP).
(1993-02-16)

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Gnu superoptimiser is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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