0. Define how many physical regs are available, which are caller-saved and callee-saved 1. Implement if-else and while statements 2. Find out what use[B] and def[B] are for each block 3. Define successors and predecessors of each block and make them accessible 4. Compute liveIn[B] and liveOut[B] for each block Classic equations: liveIn[B] = use[B] ∪ (liveOut[B] - def[B]) liveOut[B] = ⋃ liveIn[S] for S in succ[B] 5. Linear scan register allocation - Instruction numbering + per-instruction liveness - Live intervals - Linear scan allocator with ~6 fake regs - Spill to stack slots - Add “CALL clobbers regs” rule function's reserved registers: EAX, ECX, EDX return registers: int => EAX float => ST0