Optimizations of Eiffel programs: SmallEiffel, The GNU Eiffel Compiler.

Dominique Colnet (1) , Olivier Zendra (1)

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The design of the Eiffel language makes it possible to perform global optimizations on Eiffel programs. In this paper, we describe some of the techniques we used in SmallEiffel, The GNU Eiffel Compiler, to generate highly efficient executables for Eiffel programs. Most of these techniques --- related to global analysis or not --- may also be applied to other object-oriented languages.

Mots clés: eiffel; compilation; smalleiffel; langages à objets; object-oriented languages

Domaines: Autre [cs.OH]

Dominique Colnet, Olivier Zendra. Optimizations of Eiffel programs: SmallEiffel, The GNU Eiffel Compiler.. 29th conference on Technology of Object-Oriented Languages & Systems - TOOLS Europe 29'99, Jun 1999, Nancy, France, pp.341 - 350, ⟨10.1109/TOOLS.1999.779065⟩. ⟨inria-00098754⟩