DocumentCode
1108505
Title
Measures of Op-Code Utilization
Author
Foster, Caxton C. ; Gonter, Robert H. ; Riseman, Edward M.
Author_Institution
IEEE
Issue
5
fYear
1971
fDate
5/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
582
Lastpage
584
Abstract
The static and dynamic utilization of a set of machine op-codes is examined. Two measures of the effective use of machine instructions are discussed and applied to samples of hand-coded programs and object code.
Keywords
Gibson mix, information measure, instruction set, op-code frequency, op-codes, programming, programming style.; Assembly; Central Processing Unit; Code standards; Costs; Frequency measurement; Hardware; Information theory; Large scale integration; Particle measurements; Programming profession; Gibson mix, information measure, instruction set, op-code frequency, op-codes, programming, programming style.;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9340
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/T-C.1971.223296
Filename
1671889
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