TY  - JOUR
AU  - da Silva, Anderson Faustino 
AU  - de Souza, Leonardo Deganello 
PY  - 2019
TI  - Understanding the Code Transformation Algorithms' Impact
JF  - Journal of Computer Science
VL  - 15
IS  - 11
DO  - 10.3844/jcssp.2019.1678.1693
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/jcssp.2019.1678.1693
AB  - Modern compilers provide several code transformations, which are automatic program transformations applied with the goal of improving the program performance. In this article, we investigate how standard compiler code transformations, performed at the compiler intermediate representation, affect such representation and consequently the performance. Our research targets clang/LLVM, a popular compiler infrastructure. Our experimental evaluation demonstrates how several code transformations change the intermediate representation and consequently improve the target code's performance in terms of runtime.