Breaking out - the ratfor approach

[Joe Orost]

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>So tell me, folks:  do *you* have a global data flow analysis algorithm that
>works in the presence of unrestricted goto's?
>-- 
>	Geoff Kuenning
>	First Systems Corporation
>	...!ihnp4!trwrb!desint!geoff

Yes, we have had one since 1978 in our FORTRAN VII O compiler.  Any decent
global optimizer works on the program after all loops, block ifs, etc. have 
been changed into GOTOs.  We even remove loop invarients from GOTO loops.

					regards,
					joe

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