Compiler "optimizations" aren't necessarily improvements. Optimization patterns, however, can be nicely enumerated. This is from 1971, Frances Allen and John Co

Compiler "optimizations" aren't necessarily improvements. Optimization patterns, however, can be nicely enumerated. This is from 1971, Frances Allen and John Cocke. It looks like a classic paper. See previously https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24067436 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24067436