REDUCING COMPILATION TIME FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE

A method for controlling a compile a software application. The method includes at least one computer processor generating, from source code corresponding to a software application, a plurality of pre-optimization intermediate representations (IRs) of functions associated with the software application. The method further includes generating a plurality of post-optimization IRs of the functions associated with the software application by executing one or more optimization routines on the plurality of pre-optimization IRs of functions. The method further includes determining a set of IRs of functions, from the plurality of generated pre-optimization IRs of the functions associated with the software application and the generated plurality of post-optimization IRs of the functions associated with the software application. The method further includes converting a determined set of IRs of functions to an executable version of the software application.