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+<https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3485513>
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+Copy and patch is a novel compilation technique introduced in the above paper that functions (on a broad level) by stitching together code from a large library of binary implementation variants.
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+They provide two example use cases, a compiler for a 
+# Terminology
+| Phrase  | Definition                                                                                   |
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+| Stencil | A binary implementation that has holes where missing values must be inserted during codegen. |