Spike: An optimizer for alpha/NT executables

USENIX Windows NT Workshop 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Cohn, Robert ^a   Goodwin, David ^a   Geoffrey Lowney, P ^a   Rubin, Norman ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMAND LINE INTERFACE; COMPLEX CONTROL FLOW; ERROR PRONE TASKS; GRAPHICAL INTERFACE; INSTRUCTION CACHES; OPTIMIZATION ENVIRONMENTS; PROFILE-DIRECTED OPTIMIZATIONS; REGISTER ALLOCATION;

WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

EID: 79951696128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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