[m-dev.] for review: Announce accumulator optimization.

[Peter Ross]

Hi,

For anyone to review.


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news/newsdb.inc:
    Announce the accumulator introduction optimization.

Index: news/newsdb.inc
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RCS file: /home/staff/zs/imp/w3/news/newsdb.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -b -r1.28 newsdb.inc
--- newsdb.inc	1999/06/15 17:29:24	1.28
+++ newsdb.inc	1999/06/17 04:19:28
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@
 */
 
 $newsdb = array(
+"17 Mar 1999" => array("Automatic accumulator introduction",
+
+"A new optimization has been added to the Mercury compiler.
+The optimization attempts to make procedures tail recursive by
+the introduction of accumulator variables.
+The optimization is available in our latest
+<A HREF=\"download/rotd.html\">release of the day</A>.
+"),
+
 "18 Mar 1999" => array("Linux RPM format binary distribution",
 
 "We have provided a new binary distribution of Mercury 0.8.1

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 | Peter Ross      M Sci/Eng Melbourne Uni                              |
 | petdr at cs.mu.oz.au  WWW: www.cs.mu.oz.au/~petdr/ ph: +61 3 9344 9158  |
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