Compiling Java for low-end embedded systems

ACM SIGPLAN Notices

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 42-50

  Schultz, Ulrik Pagh ^a   Burgaard, Kim ^b   Christensen, Flemming Gram ^c   Knudsen, Jørgen Lindskov ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SYSTEMATIC A S   (Denmark)

^c Mjølner Informatics A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Compilers; Embedded systems; Interfaces; Java

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PERFORMANCE; PROGRAM COMPILERS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; ROM; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER); USER INTERFACES;

COMPILATION SYSTEM; LOW-END EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 1442337774     PISSN: 03621340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/780731.780739     Document Type: Conference Paper

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