Re: [M100] Is there a superoptimizer for the Intel 8085 (or maybe the Z80)?

2024-03-15 Thread Daryl Tester
On 16/3/24 10:31, Stephen Adolph wrote: Does anyone know if there is a superoptimizer for the Intel 8085 (or maybe for the Z80)? I think it is called "Ken"  ;) KaaS? Does he have a documented API? Cheers, --dt

Re: [M100] Is there a superoptimizer for the Intel 8085 (or maybe the Z80)?

2024-03-15 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
Yep On Fri, Mar 15, 2024, 5:02 PM Stephen Adolph wrote: > I think it is called "Ken" ;) > > On Friday, March 15, 2024, Douglas Quagliana wrote: > >> Does anyone know if there is a superoptimizer for the Intel 8085 (or >> maybe for the Z80)? >> >> A superoptimizer in this context is a program

Re: [M100] Is there a superoptimizer for the Intel 8085 (or maybe the Z80)?

2024-03-15 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
Interesting idea. A peephole optimizer that self generates with maybe a recursive backtracking algorithm. I think it would be a little tricky? First you have to define "equivalent code." Executing code changes the state of the cpu registers including flags, the RAM, and has side effects on I/o

Re: [M100] Is there a superoptimizer for the Intel 8085 (or maybe the Z80)?

2024-03-15 Thread Kenneth Pettit
LOL! On 3/15/24 5:01 PM, Stephen Adolph wrote: I think it is called "Ken"  ;) On Friday, March 15, 2024, Douglas Quagliana wrote: Does anyone know if there is a superoptimizer for the Intel 8085 (or maybe for the Z80)? A superoptimizer in this context is a program that takes as

Re: [M100] Is there a superoptimizer for the Intel 8085 (or maybe the Z80)?

2024-03-15 Thread Stephen Adolph
I think it is called "Ken" ;) On Friday, March 15, 2024, Douglas Quagliana wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a superoptimizer for the Intel 8085 (or maybe > for the Z80)? > > A superoptimizer in this context is a program that takes as its input an > assembly language source code file and