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Remove Invariant Expressions from Loops
Expressions whose values do not change in a loop should be moved outside the loop. In the following loop:
FOR I = 0, N - 1 DO ARR(I, 2 * J - 1) = ...
the expression (2 * J - 1) is invariant and should be evaluated only once before the loop is entered:
TEMP = 2 * J - 1
FOR I = 0, N - 1 DO ARR(I, TEMP) = ...

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