> optimizing compilers still manage just fine with imperfect objective function, Imperfect or not, optimizing compilers do not require an objective function at all. The majority of computer programs do not have an…
This technique is only as good as the objective function. In most real world scenarios there is no canonical objective function, nor a comprehensive test suite exercising all branches of the code.
> optimizing compilers still manage just fine with imperfect objective function, Imperfect or not, optimizing compilers do not require an objective function at all. The majority of computer programs do not have an…
This technique is only as good as the objective function. In most real world scenarios there is no canonical objective function, nor a comprehensive test suite exercising all branches of the code.