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In fact, this is how a lot of heavy iron operates. You can use the same "binaries" ('TIMI') on your i/System i/AS400/POWER7 and the system will recompile what is essentially bytecode and save the machine-specific object code.

Alpha did something similar, and a number of feedback-directed/profile-based optimizing compilers will perform similar optimizations, but they are less flexible unless repeated cycles are performed in the deployed environment.



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