Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsUnderstanding the Code Transformation Algorithms' ImpactAnderson Faustino da Silva, Leonardo Deganello de SouzaModern 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 … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 11 · 27 Nov 2019 · 7,347 accessesView PDFCite