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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2003
Takeshi Ogasawara, Hachioji, JP;
Toshio Suganuma, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Ogasawara, Hachioji, JP;
Toshio Suganuma, Yokohama, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A compiler mounted on a computer generates a first object code of a target method in a double precision mode in the floating-point computation. If the target method is found to be frequently called in a single precision mode and a runtime cost may be reduced by executing the target method in the single precision mode, a second object code of the target method is generated in the single precision mode. Alternatively, regardless of whether a target method to be compiled will be called by the double precision mode or the single precision mode in the floating-point computation, the object code is generated by setting the precision mode depending on the type of the computation within the target method. Then, a code for matching the precision mode is generated and added based on a relation between the target code and its caller method.