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Subject: Request for clarification on Dataflow.
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 21:47:21 -0500
From: Nick Mathewson <nickm@MIT.EDU>


The dataflow handout (on the web) says:

  "As part of your code generation 2 assignment, you are required to
   implement the basic algebraic simplification algorithm...

   ...Decaf groups should implement TWO optimizations in addition to
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   optimized register assignment, and Espresso groups FOUR, for a total
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   of THREE and FIVE optimizations respectively."

Does this mean that optimized register assignment is another required
optimization? If so, doesn't that make the totals 4 and 6?  If not,
does optimized register assignment (say, with a graph-coloring algorithm)
count towards our total?

Many thanks,
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