Java compilers take center stage in this second article in the JVM performance optimization series. Eva Andreasson introduces the different breeds of compiler and compares performance results from ...

In this excerpt from his book “Write Great Code,” Randall Hyde introduces the common optimizations that compilers perform, and when a programmer should consider using or disabling them. Later chapters ...

In a previous blog post, we discussed the benefits of using automation to maximize the performance of a system. One use case I mentioned was compiler flag mining, and the fact that performance is ...

I'm mostly an Analog type of guy, but I write code and I do my share of embedded design. It's hard to ignore the power that those little single chip processors give us in our complex analog designs.

As processor architectures evolve and the complexity of instructions increases, the role of the compiler in application development continually gains importance. The applications developed in the ...

Redis assumes the default GCC compiler on supported operating system distributions for reasons of portability and ease of use. The build compiler flags, present since the early stages of the project, ...