Contents

• Acknowledgments
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
  • Quasistatic Computing
  • Smart Compilers & Clever Compilers
• Quasistatic Constructs
  • Quasistatic Variables and qif-qelse Statements
    • Sorting
    • Hardware Assist
  • Quasistatic Parameters and qinfluence Statements
    • Matrix Multiplication
    • Load Balancing
  • Justification
    • C language.
    • Sufficiency.
    • Simplicity.
• Implementation
  • Compiler Selection
  • Parsing Constructs
  • Construct Interactions
  • Profiling
    • Overhead for Existing Mechanisms
    • Real-Time Stopwatches
    • Actual Instrumentation
  • Selecting Alternatives
    • Experimentation Frequency
    • Space Searching
    • Decision Implementation
  • System Integration
• Examples
  • eqntott (SPECint92)
    • Attacking qsort()
    • Attacking cmppt()
      • Other approaches.
  • Matrix Manipulations
    • Special Forms
    • Blocking
• Conclusions
  • Related Work
  • Practicality Issues
    • Program distribution.
    • Compiler availability.
    • Debugging and testing.
  • Future Work
    • Bug Fixes
      • Multiple source code files support.
      • Default scope for qint parameters.
    • Enhancements
      • Smarter searching.
      • Program context.
      • Cross-platform implementation, extending support to other profiling mechanisms.
    • Additional Research
      • Real-time profiling.
      • Constructs.
      • Integration
• Compiler Selection Details
  • SUIF Output
  • SUIF Criteria Conformance
    • Source code available
    • Widespread use.
    • Competitive performance.
    • Cross-platform.
    • Ease of modification.
• Profiling Mechanisms
  • prof --- PC Sampling
  • gprof --- Call Graph
  • pixie --- Basic Block Counting
  • Real Time Stopwatches
• Further eqntott Transformations
  • Copy the table.
  • More mileage from each compare.
• Source Code
  • integrate.cc
  • add_profiling.cc
  • select_alternatives.cc
  • Profiling Implementation
    • qprofiling.h
    • qprofiling.c
  • Auxillary routines
  • Diffs to snoot Pass
• References
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