diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/ssa/liveness/liveness-tests.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/ssa/liveness/liveness-tests.factor
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--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/ssa/liveness/liveness-tests.factor
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-! Copyright (C) 2009 Daniel Ehrenberg
-! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: kernel tools.test namespaces sequences vectors accessors sets
-arrays math.ranges assocs
-cpu.architecture
-compiler.cfg
-compiler.cfg.ssa.liveness.private
-compiler.cfg.ssa.liveness 
-compiler.cfg.debugger
-compiler.cfg.instructions
-compiler.cfg.predecessors
-compiler.cfg.registers
-compiler.cfg.dominance
-compiler.cfg.def-use ;
-IN: compiler.cfg.ssa.liveness
-
-[ t ] [ { 1 } 1 only? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ { } 1 only? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ { 2 1 } 1 only? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ { 2 } 1 only? ] unit-test
-
-: test-liveness ( -- )
-    cfg new 0 get >>entry
-    dup compute-defs
-    dup compute-uses
-    needs-dominance
-    precompute-liveness ;
-
-V{
-    T{ ##peek f 0 D 0 }
-    T{ ##replace f 0 D 0 }
-    T{ ##replace f 1 D 1 }
-} 0 test-bb
-
-V{
-    T{ ##replace f 2 D 0 }
-} 1 test-bb
-
-V{
-    T{ ##replace f 3 D 0 }
-} 2 test-bb
-
-0 { 1 2 } edges
-
-[ ] [ test-liveness ] unit-test
-
-[ H{ } ] [ back-edge-targets get ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 0 get R_q { 0 1 2 } [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 get R_q { 1 } [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 get R_q { 2 } [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-
-: self-T_q ( n -- ? )
-    get [ T_q ] [ 1array unique ] bi = ;
-
-[ t ] [ 0 self-T_q ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 self-T_q ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 self-T_q ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 0 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 0 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 0 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 3 0 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 0 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 0 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 0 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 3 0 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 1 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 1 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 1 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 3 1 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 1 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 1 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 1 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 3 1 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 2 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 2 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 2 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 3 2 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 2 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 2 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 2 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 3 2 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-V{ } 0 test-bb
-V{ } 1 test-bb
-V{ } 2 test-bb
-V{ } 3 test-bb
-V{
-    T{ ##phi f 2 H{ { 2 0 } { 3 1 } } }
-} 4 test-bb
-test-diamond
-
-[ ] [ test-liveness ] unit-test
-
-[ t ] [ 0 1 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 1 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 1 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ t ] [ 0 1 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 1 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 1 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ t ] [ 0 2 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 2 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 2 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 2 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 2 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 2 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 3 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 3 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 3 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 3 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 3 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 3 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 4 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 4 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 4 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 4 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 4 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 4 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-! This is the CFG in Figure 3 from the paper
-V{ } 0 test-bb
-V{ } 1 test-bb
-0 1 edge
-V{ } 2 test-bb
-1 2 edge
-V{
-    T{ ##peek f 0 D 0 }
-    T{ ##peek f 1 D 0 }
-    T{ ##peek f 2 D 0 }
-} 3 test-bb
-V{ } 11 test-bb
-2 { 3 11 } edges
-V{
-    T{ ##replace f 0 D 0 }
-} 4 test-bb
-V{ } 8 test-bb
-3 { 8 4 } edges
-V{
-    T{ ##replace f 1 D 0 }
-} 9 test-bb
-8 9 edge
-V{
-    T{ ##replace f 2 D 0 }
-} 5 test-bb
-4 5 edge
-V{ } 10 test-bb
-V{ } 6 test-bb
-5 6 edge
-9 { 6 10 } edges
-V{ } 7 test-bb
-6 { 5 7 } edges
-10 8 edge
-7 2 edge
-
-[ ] [ test-liveness ] unit-test
-
-[ t ] [ 1 get R_q 1 11 [a,b] [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 get R_q 2 11 [a,b] [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 3 get R_q 3 10 [a,b] [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 4 get R_q 4 7 [a,b] [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 5 get R_q 5 7 [a,b] [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 6 get R_q 6 7 [a,b] [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 7 get R_q 7 7 [a,b] [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 8 get R_q 6 10 [a,b] [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 9 get R_q 8 6 10 [a,b] remove [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 10 get R_q 10 10 [a,b] [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 11 get R_q 11 11 [a,b] [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-
-[ t ] [ 1 get T_q 1 get 1array unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 get T_q 2 get 1array unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 3 get T_q 3 get 2 get 2array unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 4 get T_q 4 get 2 get 2array unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 5 get T_q 5 get 2 get 2array unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 6 get T_q { 6 2 5 } [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 7 get T_q { 7 2 } [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 8 get T_q { 8 2 5 } [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 9 get T_q { 2 5 8 9 } [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 10 get T_q { 2 5 8 10 } [ get ] map unique = ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 11 get T_q 11 get 1array unique = ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 1 get back-edge-target? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 get back-edge-target? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 3 get back-edge-target? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 4 get back-edge-target? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 5 get back-edge-target? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 6 get back-edge-target? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 7 get back-edge-target? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 8 get back-edge-target? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 9 get back-edge-target? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 10 get back-edge-target? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 11 get back-edge-target? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 1 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 1 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 1 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 1 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 1 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 1 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 2 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 2 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 2 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 2 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 2 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 2 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 3 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 3 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 3 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ t ] [ 0 3 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 3 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 3 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ t ] [ 0 4 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 4 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 4 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 4 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 4 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 4 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 5 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 5 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 5 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 5 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 5 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 5 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 6 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 6 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 6 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 6 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 6 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 6 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 7 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 7 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 7 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 7 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 7 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 7 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 8 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 8 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 8 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 8 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 8 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 8 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 9 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 9 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 9 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 9 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 9 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 9 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 10 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 10 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 10 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 10 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 1 10 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ t ] [ 2 10 get live-out? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 11 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 11 get live-in? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 11 get live-in? ] unit-test
-
-[ f ] [ 0 11 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 1 11 get live-out? ] unit-test
-[ f ] [ 2 11 get live-out? ] unit-test
diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/ssa/liveness/liveness.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/ssa/liveness/liveness.factor
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e84b8b77d..0000000000
--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/ssa/liveness/liveness.factor
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-! Copyright (C) 2009 Daniel Ehrenberg
-! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: kernel sequences assocs accessors
-namespaces fry math sets combinators locals
-compiler.cfg.rpo
-compiler.cfg.dominance
-compiler.cfg.def-use
-compiler.cfg.instructions ;
-FROM: namespaces => set ;
-IN: compiler.cfg.ssa.liveness
-
-! Liveness checking on SSA IR, as described in
-! "Fast Liveness Checking for SSA-Form Programs", Sebastian Hack et al.
-! http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/19/22/19/PDF/fast_liveness.pdf
-
-<PRIVATE
-
-! The sets T_q and R_q are described there
-SYMBOL: T_q-sets
-SYMBOL: R_q-sets
-
-! Targets of back edges
-SYMBOL: back-edge-targets
-
-: T_q ( q -- T_q )
-    T_q-sets get at ;
-
-: R_q ( q -- R_q )
-    R_q-sets get at ;
-
-: back-edge-target? ( block -- ? )
-    back-edge-targets get key? ;
-
-: next-R_q ( q -- R_q )
-    [ ] [ successors>> ] [ number>> ] tri
-    '[ number>> _ >= ] filter
-    [ R_q ] map assoc-combine
-    [ conjoin ] keep ;
-
-: set-R_q ( q -- )
-    [ next-R_q ] keep R_q-sets get set-at ;
-
-: set-back-edges ( q -- )
-    [ successors>> ] [ number>> ] bi '[
-        dup number>> _ < 
-        [ back-edge-targets get conjoin ] [ drop ] if
-    ] each ;
-
-: init-R_q ( -- )
-    H{ } clone R_q-sets set
-    H{ } clone back-edge-targets set ;
-
-: compute-R_q ( cfg -- )
-    init-R_q
-    post-order [
-        [ set-R_q ] [ set-back-edges ] bi
-    ] each ;
-
-! This algorithm for computing T_q uses equation (1)
-! but not the faster algorithm described in the paper
-
-: back-edges-from ( q -- edges )
-    R_q keys [
-        [ successors>> ] [ number>> ] bi
-        '[ number>> _ < ] filter
-    ] gather ;
-
-: T^_q ( q -- T^_q )
-    [ back-edges-from ] [ R_q ] bi
-    '[ _ key? not ] filter ;
-
-: next-T_q ( q -- T_q )
-    dup dup T^_q [ next-T_q keys ] map 
-    concat unique [ conjoin ] keep
-    [ swap T_q-sets get set-at ] keep ;
-
-: compute-T_q ( cfg -- )
-    H{ } T_q-sets set
-    [ next-T_q drop ] each-basic-block ;
-
-PRIVATE>
-
-: precompute-liveness ( cfg -- )
-    [ compute-R_q ] [ compute-T_q ] bi ;
-
-<PRIVATE
-
-! This doesn't take advantage of ordering T_q,a so you 
-! only have to check one if the CFG is reducible.
-! It should be changed to be more efficient.
-
-: only? ( seq obj -- ? )
-    '[ _ eq? ] all? ;
-
-: strictly-dominates? ( bb1 bb2 -- ? )
-    [ dominates? ] [ eq? not ] 2bi and ;
-
-: T_q,a ( a q -- T_q,a )
-    ! This could take advantage of the structure of dominance,
-    ! but probably I'll replace it with the algorithm that works
-    ! on reducible CFGs anyway
-    T_q keys swap def-of 
-    [ '[ _ swap strictly-dominates? ] filter ] when* ;
-
-: live? ( vreg node quot -- ? )
-    [ [ T_q,a ] [ drop uses-of ] 2bi ] dip
-    '[ [ R_q keys _ ] keep @ intersects? ] any? ; inline
-
-PRIVATE>
-
-: live-in? ( vreg node -- ? )
-    [ drop ] live? ;
-
-<PRIVATE
-
-: (live-out?) ( vreg node -- ? )
-    dup dup dup '[
-        _ = _ back-edge-target? not and
-        [ _ swap remove ] when
-    ] live? ;
-
-PRIVATE>
-
-:: live-out? ( vreg node -- ? )
-    vreg def-of :> def
-    {
-        { [ node def eq? ] [ vreg uses-of def only? not ] }
-        { [ def node strictly-dominates? ] [ vreg node (live-out?) ] }
-        [ f ]
-    } cond ;