Title :
Software components in a data structure precompiler
Author :
Sirkin, Marty ; Batory, Don ; Singhal, Vivek
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
This research aims to simplify component creation and reduce the necessity of implementing new components. It concentrates more on programmer productivity and code efficiency than on program evolution and maintenance. The project is called PREDATOR. PREDATOR is a data structure precompiler that generates efficient code for maintaining and querying complex data structures. It embodies a novel component reuse technology that transcends traditional generic data types. The authors explain the concepts of this work and the prototype system. It is shown that complex data structures can be specified as compositions of software building blocks. Performance results are presented that compare PREDATOR output to hand-optimized programs
Keywords :
data structures; program compilers; software reusability; PREDATOR; code efficiency; component creation; component reuse technology; data structure maintenance; data structure precompiler; data structure querying; generic data types; hand-optimized programs; performance; programmer productivity; prototype system; software building blocks; software components; Application software; Binary trees; Data structures; Productivity; Programming profession; Prototypes; Software debugging; Software performance; Software prototyping; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering, 1993. Proceedings., 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3700-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICSE.1993.346022
