Quote: PL.8 optimizer bugs produce catastrophic results since optimizer applies to all code; regression test of 150 self-checking programs

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All these transformations (and others) operate pervasively on … [PL.8] … treated no differently from that leading to a … that implement source language loop constructs or those … to every program that is compiled. There is … … [p. 45] This organization … tends to encourage most bugs in the optimizing … procedure is to compile and execute a test … on all computers and at various levels of …   Google-1   Google-2

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