Note that the “thing which is compressed” is the optimization target, which is not the whole system. So in your example, it probably wouldn’t be the code itself which is compressed, but rather the runtime of the program (holding the output constant), or maybe the runtimes of a bunch of programs on the machine, or something along those lines.
(Not sure if by “runtime” you mean “time spent running” or “memory/program state during the running time” (or something else)? I was imagining memory/program state in mine, though that is arguably a simplification since the ultimate goal is probably something to do with the business.)
Note that the “thing which is compressed” is the optimization target, which is not the whole system. So in your example, it probably wouldn’t be the code itself which is compressed, but rather the runtime of the program (holding the output constant), or maybe the runtimes of a bunch of programs on the machine, or something along those lines.
(Not sure if by “runtime” you mean “time spent running” or “memory/program state during the running time” (or something else)? I was imagining memory/program state in mine, though that is arguably a simplification since the ultimate goal is probably something to do with the business.)
Time spent running.