Abstract
Source code transformations are a very effective method of parallelizing
and improving the efficiency of programs. Unfortunately most compiler
systems require implementing separate (sub-)programs for each transformation.
This paper describes a different approach. We designed and implemented a
fully programmable C code transformation engine. It can be programmed by
means of a transformation language. This language was especially designed to
be easy to use and flexible enough to express most of the common transformations
that can be found in the mainstream compiler systems. In addition, it allows
specification of more exotic, but highly desirable, transformations (like for
example inter-procedural transformations). The program features a userfriendly
graphical user interface, allowing interactive application of transformations.
Its possible applications range from coarse-grain parallelism exploitation
to optimizers for multimedia instruction sets.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proc. of ETPs99, Amsterdam, March 1999 |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 |