ProductiveC: enabling high productivity in C-family languages

Abstract

Today's big data challenge presses for a breakthrough in programming models. A simple programming model capable of both high productivity and high performance is desired. This paper proposes a simple solution to realize a set of restricted yet fundamental productivity features in C-family languages, without sacrificing their efficiency. This is achieved by leveraging a productivity language runtime and compiler analyses. Programmers write a program in the familiar C/C++/ObjectiveC style, without even knowing it is a mix of productivity and efficiency code. The program evolves as both a rapid prototype and efficiency code.