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<p>of multiplying a floating-point register by 8, add 3 to the floating-point register's exponent.</p>

<p>The term peephole optimization was introduced by William Marshall McKeeman in 1965.</p>

<p><big>Replacements</big></p>
<p>Peephole optimization replacements include but are not limited to:<br/>
* Null sequences - delete useless operations.<br/>
* Combine operations - replace several operations with one equivalent.<br/>
* Algebraic laws - use algebraic laws to simplify or reorder instructions.<br/>
* Special-case instructions - use instructions designed</p><p>
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