Title :
An empirical analysis of the Lilith instruction set
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA
fDate :
1/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A static analysis of the instructions used to implement all of the system software on the Lilith computer is described. The results are compared to those of a similar analysis performed on the Mesa instruction set architecture. The data provide a good illustration of how code generation strategies and language usage can affect opcode statistics, even for machines with similar architectures
Keywords :
Modula; instruction sets; systems software; Lilith instruction set; Lilith software environment; Mesa instruction set architecture; code generation strategies; language usage; opcode statistics; static analysis; system software; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Hardware; High level languages; Operating systems; Packaging machines; Performance analysis; Software packages; Statistics; System software;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
