A trace-based Java JIT compiler retrofitted from a method-based compiler

Proceedings - International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization, CGO 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 246-256

  Inoue, Hiroshi ^a   Hayashizaki, Hiroshige ^a   Wu, Peng ^b   Nakatani, Toshio ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Java; JIT; trace based compilation

Indexed keywords

CODE QUALITY; COMPILER OPTIMIZATIONS; INLINING; JAVA; JIT; JIT COMPILER; MULTIPLE METHODS; QUALITY CODES; RUNTIME OVERHEADS; TRACE-BASED COMPILATION;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; NETWORK COMPONENTS; OPTIMIZATION;

PROGRAM COMPILERS;

EID: 79957501985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CGO.2011.5764692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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