Practice - Code Optimization (Optional, but highly recommended)
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
Define code optimization in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about what is done during the compilation process to improve the code.
What is common subexpression elimination?
💡 Hint: Think of how you might simplify repeated math in class.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the main goal of code optimization?
💡 Hint: Think about what compilers aim to achieve.
True or False: Dead code elimination can make programs larger.
💡 Hint: Consider what it means for code to be 'dead' or unused.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a code snippet, identify and suggest at least two optimizations using both machine-independent and machine-dependent strategies.
💡 Hint: Analyze the code for repetitive structures and segments that don’t affect output.
Design a simple algorithm that implements constant folding and dead code elimination, and write it in pseudo-code.
💡 Hint: Think about a simplified code interpreter that can read, evaluate, and prune code effectively.
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