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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Zheng Wang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Scott A. Mcfarling, Redmond, WA (US);
Ken B. Pierce, Seattle, WA (US);
Ramarathnam Venkatesan, Redmond, WA (US);
Zheng Wang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Scott A. McFarling, Redmond, WA (US);
Ken B. Pierce, Seattle, WA (US);
Ramarathnam Venkatesan, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are discussed that allow profile information to be reused by various versions of a program. One illustrative aspect includes a method for comparing versions of a program in binary format. The method includes finding equivalent contents in portions of two versions of the program, finding equivalent structure in the portions of the two versions, and forming a match when a portion of one of the two versions is an equivalence of a portion of the other of the two versions.