On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:33:57 EST erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: > > I must also say llvm has a lot of functionality. But even so > > there is a lot of bloat. Let me just say the bloat is due to > > many factors but it has far *less* to do with graphs. > > Download llvm and take a peek. I think the chosen language > > and the habits it promotes and the "impedance match" with the > > problem domain does play a significant role. > > do you know of a compiler that uses a > graph-based approach that isn't huge?
Stalin (source code ~3300 lines). There are others. > > Or something equivalent. Example: How do you know moving an > > expression out of a for loop is valid? The optimizer needs to > > understand the control flow. > > is this still a useful thing to be doing? Yes.
