Advice for Optimizer final write-up

Here are some points to think about:

• Use the provided programs to substantiate your implementation decisions. Benchmark the provided programs on the target architecture. Hand-implement the transformation first. The target architecture is complex to say the least. Don't waste time with ineffectual transformations.
• Cover all of the transformations discussed in class, at the very least qualitatively, given the benchmark programs and the target architecture.
• I would like to see an analysis of each implemented optimization (you can group optimizations if you feel they are symbiotic).
• Discuss the reasons for you benchmarking results given your knowledge of the target architecture (look at my last recitation).
  
• Describe your full optimizations option and the ideas/experiments behind the implementation.
• Analyze your generated assembly. Look for non-traditional peephole optimizations.