Efficient dead code elimination

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2008-04-01

2008-04-01

An, Meng-Al T. (Department: 2193)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software program development tool

Translation of code

C717S154000, C717S155000, C717S156000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07353503

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a method for eliminating dead code from a computer program using an operands graph generated from a flow graph of a computer program. In one embodiment of the present invention, the operands graph is traversed for any unused operands. Upon detection of any,unused operands, the instructions defining the unused operands are removed from execution.

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