Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED!nerds-end From: pashanhenlei@gmail.com Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: about the tiger book, reducible flow graph, Figure 18.2 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:02:24 -0500 (EST) Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 6 Sender: johnl@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <13-01-022@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1358611344 77063 64.57.183.58 (19 Jan 2013 16:02:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:02:24 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: books, question, optimize Posted-Date: 19 Jan 2013 11:02:24 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:845 i have a question: when we reduce Figure 18.2c to Figure 18.2a, why should we first remove edge 6->9 and edge 5->4? i can't figure out the rules behind. can anyone help me? TIA.