14. The article of manufacture of claim 13 , wherein the selecting the subset of functional elements comprises: determining a first quantity of the programmable resources required to implement the functions of the subset of functional elements; comparing the first quantity to a second quantity of the programmable resources available to implement the functions of the subset of functional elements; and wherein the generating, removing, and configuring are responsive to the second quantity being greater than the first quantity.
13. The article of manufacture of claim 12 , wherein the selecting the subset of functional elements comprises: adding to the subset a functional element having a largest execution count and responsive to the execution count being greater than a threshold value; for each functional element not in the subset, adding the functional element to the subset in response to determining that the functional element provides input data to a functional element already in the subset and the functional element not in the subset having an execution count that is greater than the threshold value; and for each functional element not in the subset, adding the functional element to the subset in response to determining that the functional element receives output from a functional element already in the subset and the functional element not in the subset having an execution count that is greater than the threshold value.