This is an interesting idea indeed. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343322212_Automatic_Code_Optimization_With_Machine_Learning_And_Combinatorial_Optimization
https://www.ijresm.com/Vol.2_2019/Vol2_Iss4_April19/IJRESM_V2_I4_149.pdf - Compiler Optimization using Artificial Intelligence https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.09610.pdf - A Survey on Machine Learning Techniques for Source Code Analysis https://openreview.net/forum?id=SKat5ZX5RET - Self-Programming Artificial Intelligence Using Code-Generating Language Models The above links might give ideas for some googling. On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 3:10 PM J. Gareth Moreton via fpc-devel < fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > This has been something that has been on my mind for a while now, but > with my increasingly more complex optimisations being developed for the > Free Pascal Compiler and the code becoming an ever bigger spiderweb of > conditions, it got me to start wondering... might compiler optimisation > be a candidate for AI? Often I try to hand-optimise assembly language to > get the same output in fewer cycles (and fewer bytes too if possible), > and then see if I can program the compiler to match it. I can't hope to > catch every possible optimisation though, and I wonder if using an AI in > some way to develop more efficient machine code has ever been a serious > contender for research. I have heard of stories like the Deepmind AI > finding a faster way to multiply matrices, so it seems logical that it > can improve instruction processes. > > This is probably a lazy question, but what would be a good set of > resources when it comes to beginning machine learning, or at the very > least building simple models? When it comes to hardware, I have a > couple of 3060 Tis at my disposal for some parallel computation. > > Kit > > _______________________________________________ > fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org > https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel >
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