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Delayed binding in PQCC generated compilers

The authors discuss issues concerning code generation in the context of the Production Quality Compiler Compiler (PQCC) project. Several important activities in code generation are cyclically interdependent. The task of structuring an efficient production quality code generator is therefore a challenging one. This paper reports on some uses of the principle of delayed binding in target program synthesis by PQCC generated compilers. Through the use of this principle, we have designed a sequence of phases that efficiently implement an optimizing code generator. Specifically, this paper is concerned with issues in the discovery of assignment sequences, the identification of temporaries and the utilization of implicit computations in target machines. As these phases are considered in the light of a Compiler-Compiler, we describe their parameterization with respect to source languages and target machines. (Author).

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