Hacker News with Generative AI: Compiler Optimization

Ubuntu Praises 5~7% PGO Compiler Optimization Performance Benefits (phoronix.com)
Over the past year we have seen Canonical engineers focus more on optimizing the performance potential of Ubuntu Linux.

Ubuntu, Linux, Compiler Optimization, Performance, Operating Systems

14 points by sandwichsphinx 2 days ago | 2 comments

Compiler Optimization in a Language You Can Understand (sbaziotis.com)

Compiler Optimization, Programming Languages, Software Development

36 points by rurban 4 days ago | 0 comments

Scalable self-improvement for compiler optimization (research.google)
We introduce Iterative BC-Max, a novel technique that aims to reduce the size of the compiled binary files by improving inlining decisions. We describe several benefits to using this approach compared to using off-the-shelf RL algorithms.

Compiler Optimization, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Optimization Techniques

88 points by matt_d 20 days ago | 6 comments

Optimisation-dependent IR decisions in Clang (convolv.es)

Compiler Optimization, C++, Programming Languages

42 points by luu 94 days ago | 0 comments

Mining JIT traces for missing optimizations with Z3 (pypy.org)

Optimization, Programming, Software, Compiler Optimization, JIT

125 points by matt_d 124 days ago | 42 comments

Hash-based bisect debugging in compilers and runtimes (swtch.com)

Compiler Optimization, Debugging, Software Development, Programming Languages

254 points by rsc 126 days ago | 45 comments

Meta Large Language Model Compiler: Foundation Models of Compiler Optimization (meta.com)