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From: preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs)
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Subject: Re: global optimization
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Date: 12 Jul 90 16:41:01 GMT
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In article <AGLEW.90Jul12102429@oberon.crhc.uiuc.edu> aglew@oberon.crhc.uiuc.edu (Andy Glew) writes:

>Can anyone provide me with an attribution for one of my favorite sayings?:

>    "Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time."

David Gries, in "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers",
circa 1969.  It's in the chapter at the end that's full of
useful hints to compiler writers.

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Preston Briggs				looking for the great leap forward
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