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Compiler implementation of ADTs using profile data

  • A. Dain Samples
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Abstract

There are many possible implementations of some very useful programming abstractions (sets, lists, and maps, to name a few), and selecting from among them is currently one of the early tasks in the design of a software system. While programming discipline and/or language features may allow the user to change implementations of an abstraction relatively easily, there remains the inherent problem of selecting a consistent and efficient set of implementations for a particular program. A small set of extensions to existing languages allows the specification of the necessary profile data within that of the implementation of the abstraction. The TypeSetter system selects a consistent and efficient set of implementations for a program's abstractions based on the collected profile data.

Keywords

Profile Data Default Representation Register Allocation Abstract Data Type Call Site 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • A. Dain Samples
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of CincinnatiCincinnatiUSA

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