Reasoning About Program Transformations: Imperative Programming and Flow of Data - Hardcover

Collard, Jean-Francois

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387953914 ISBN 13: 9780387953915

Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2002

Synopsis

The text contains a detailed and current presentation of the program analyses and transformations that extract the flow of data in computer memory systems. The emphasis is on a framework for the optimization of code for imperative programs and greater computer systems efficiency. In addition, the author shows that correctness of program transformations is guaranteed by the conservation of data flow. Professionals and researchers in software engineering, computer engineering, program design analysis, and compiler design will benefit from its presentation of data-flow methods and memory optimization of compilers.

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Synopsis

The book focuses on analyses that extract the flow of data, which imperative programming hides through its use and reuse of memory in computer systems and compilers. It details some programme transformations that conserve this data flow and introduces a family of analyses, called reaching definition analyses, to do this task. In addition, it shows that correctness of programme transformations is guaranteed by the conservation of data flow. Professionals and researchers in software engineering, computer engineering, program design analysis, and compiler design should benefit from its presentation of data-flow methods and memory optimization of compilers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387953914
• ISBN 13: 9780387953915
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256