DocumentCode
749029
Title
Performance of Storage Management in an Implementation of SNOBOL4
Author
Ripley, G. David ; Griswold, Ralph E. ; Hanson, David R.
Author_Institution
Department of Computer Science, The University of Arizona
Issue
2
fYear
1978
fDate
3/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
130
Lastpage
137
Abstract
Results of measuring the performance of the storage management subsystem in an implementation of SNOBOL4 are described. By instrumenting the storage management system, data concerning the size, lifetime, and use of storage blocks were collected. These data, like those obtained from conventional time measurement techniques, were used to locate program inefficiencies. In addition, these measurements uncovered some deficiencies in the storage management system, and provided the basis upon which to judge the heuristics used in the garbage collector.
Keywords
Program measurement; SNOBOL4; storage management; Computer science; High level languages; History; Instruments; Memory management; Pattern matching; Programming profession; Runtime; Storage automation; Time measurement; Program measurement; SNOBOL4; storage management;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-5589
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TSE.1978.231483
Filename
1702506
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