Optimizations of Eiffel Programs: Smalleiffel, the GNU Eiffel Compiler

The design of the Eiffel language makes it possible to perform global optimizations on Eiffel programs. In this paper, we describe some of the techniques we used in SmallEiffel, The GNU Eiffel Compiler, to generate highly efficient executables for Eiffel programs. Most of these techniques -- related to global analysis or not -- may also be applied to other objectoriented languages.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: TOOLS
• Authors: Dominique Colnet, Olivier Zendra
• Keywords: Eiffel Language, Eiffel Programs, GNU Eiffel Compiler, Programming Languages, TOOLS 1999