QuaC: Binary Optimization for Fast Runtime Code Generation in C (Extended Abstract)

Curtis Yarvin and Adam Sah

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/CSD-94-792

1994

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Runtime Code Generation (RTCG) has considerable theoretical potential but has so far seen little use in practice. Adequate tools are lacking. We present QuaC, an RTCG system that lets C programmers specialize their functions at runtime with a simple, portable user interface. QuaC works by applying compiler optimization techniques to machine code in memory. It is fast and highly retargetable.

BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Yarvin:CSD-94-792,
    Author= {Yarvin, Curtis and Sah, Adam},
    Title= {QuaC: Binary Optimization for Fast Runtime Code Generation in C (Extended Abstract)},
    Year= {1994},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1994/6310.html},
    Number= {UCB/CSD-94-792},
    Abstract= {Runtime Code Generation (RTCG) has considerable theoretical potential but has so far seen little use in practice. Adequate tools are lacking. We present QuaC, an RTCG system that lets C programmers specialize their functions at runtime with a simple, portable user interface. QuaC works by applying compiler optimization techniques to machine code in memory. It is fast and highly retargetable.},
}

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