DyC (Panel Session)

DyC is a selective dynamic compiler for C. It statically arranges for intraprocedural regions of a C program, selected by the user, to be compiled in part at run-time, exploiting the values of variables and data structures computed at runtime for better optimization. DyC can produce multiple versions of dynamically compiled code, each version optimized for a different combination of values of variables; DyC automatically manages the caching and reuse of dynamically generated code. Our PEPM'97 paper and our forthcoming TCS paper describe DyC's architecture, analyses, and run-time compiler generator. Our PLDI'99 paper presents experimental results and some new run-time optimizations. Our PLDI'96 paper describes our earlier, simpler system. All these papers are available from our project web page.