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by ncmncm 1361 days ago
Good news, optimization is engineering, not CS. CS is all about what a program would eventually do, if you were ever to run it. Once you run it, you have moved to the domain of technicians. Engineering is about making it run better.
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Compiler optimization is very much CS.
Only in practice. And, mostly implemented by engineers.