Editing Optimizing compiler (section)

===Machine and object code optimization===
Machine code optimization involves using an [[object code optimizer]] to analyze the program after all machine code has been [[linker (computing)|linked]]. Techniques such as macro compression, which conserves space by condensing common instruction sequences, become more effective when the entire executable task image is available for analysis.<ref name="MCO">{{cite tech report|url=https://ClintGoss.com/mco/Goss_1986_MachineCodeOptimization.pdf|title=Machine Code Optimization – Improving Executable Object Code|author=Goss|first=Clinton F.|date=August 2013|access-date=22 Aug 2013|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://ClintGoss.com/mco/Goss_1986_MachineCodeOptimization.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=2022-10-09|publisher=Courant Institute, New York University|type=Ph.D. dissertation|orig-date=First published June 1986|volume=Computer Science Department Technical Report #246|arxiv=1308.4815|bibcode=2013arXiv1308.4815G}}

* {{cite thesis|author=Clinton F. Goss|title=Machine Code Optimization - Improving Executable Object Code|date=2013|degree=PhD|publisher=Courant Institute, New York University|url=https://ClintGoss.com/mco/|orig-date=1986}}</ref>