https://github.com/grigory-rechistov/interpreters-comparison

Sample programs for comparison of different VM interpretation techniques
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Sample programs for comparison of different VM interpretation techniques

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/grigory-rechistov/interpreters-comparison
• Owner: grigory-rechistov
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2015-07-07T20:22:30.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-11-07T08:51:44.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-07T09:40:40.410Z (3 months ago)
• Language: C
• Size: 310 KB
• Stars: 29
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 11
• Open Issues: 8
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Compare Performance and Complexity of Software Interpreters of a Virtual Machine

Sample programs for comparison of different VM interpretation techniques.

See the Makefile for the full list of targets.

* `switched` - switched interpreter

* `threaded` - threaded interpreter

* `predecoded` - switched interpreter with preliminary decoding phase

* `subroutined` - subroutined interpreter

* `threaded-cached` - threaded interpreter with pre-decoding.

* `tailrecursive` - subroutined interpreter with tail-call optimization

* `translated` - binary translator to Intel 64 machine code

* `native` - a static implementation of the test program in C

## Build

Just type `make`. For Visual Studio builds, open corresponding project or solution files.

Use `make sanity` to perform a quick check of all variants.

## Measure performance

Use `./measure.sh` to measure run time of individual binaries or to perform a comparison of all techniques (alternatively, run `make all measure`).

The graph plotting part of the script uses Gnuplot and AWK.

## Supported Environments

- Tested to compile and run with GCC 4.8.1, GCC 5.1.0 and ICC 15.0.3 on Ubuntu Linux 12.04.5. Limited testing was also done on Windows 8.1 Cygwin64 environment, GCC 4.8.

- Limited support for Visual Studio builds is provided. Certain types of interpreters will not build because of the CL compiler limitations or source code dependencies on GCC language extensions.

## References

An article discussing structure, performance variations, and comparison of interpreters: http://habrahabr.ru/company/intel/blog/261665/ (in Russian).