Efficient dead code elimination

Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Translation of code

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C717S154000, C717S155000, C717S156000

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10330375

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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