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IWMM
1998
Springer
130views Hardware» more  IWMM 1998»
13 years 9 months ago
Comparing Mostly-Copying and Mark-Sweep Conservative Collection
Many high-level language compilers generate C code and then invoke a C compiler for code generation. To date, most of these compilers link the resulting code against a conservativ...
Frederick Smith, J. Gregory Morrisett
VEE
2006
ACM
116views Virtualization» more  VEE 2006»
13 years 10 months ago
Relative factors in performance analysis of Java virtual machines
Many new Java runtime optimizations report relatively small, single-digit performance improvements. On modern virtual and actual hardware, however, the performance impact of an op...
Dayong Gu, Clark Verbrugge, Etienne M. Gagnon
IWMM
2011
Springer
206views Hardware» more  IWMM 2011»
12 years 7 months ago
A comprehensive evaluation of object scanning techniques
At the heart of all garbage collectors lies the process of identifying and processing reference fields within an object. Despite its key role, and evidence of many different impl...
Robin Garner, Stephen M. Blackburn, Daniel Frampto...
WEA
2007
Springer
131views Algorithms» more  WEA 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
On the Cost of Persistence and Authentication in Skip Lists
We present an extensive experimental study of authenticated data structures for dictionaries and maps implemented with skip lists. We consider realizations of these data structures...
Michael T. Goodrich, Charalampos Papamanthou, Robe...
IWMM
2004
Springer
90views Hardware» more  IWMM 2004»
13 years 10 months ago
Automatic heap sizing: taking real memory into account
Heap size has a huge impact on the performance of garbage collected applications. A heap that barely meets the application’s needs causes excessive GC overhead, while a heap tha...
Ting Yang, Matthew Hertz, Emery D. Berger, Scott F...