Programming Language Pragmatics, Fourth Edition
Programming Language Pragmatics, Fourth Edition
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ISBN: 9780124104099
Author: Michael L. Scott
Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Chapter 5.5, Problem 47CYU

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Subroutine inlining:

  • It presents, to a huge extent, a classic time-space trade-off.
  • It is an important form of code improvement, specifically for object-oriented languages that tend to have very large numbers of very small subroutines...

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Benefit of subroutine inlining:

  • Inlining one subroutine instance replaces a relatively short calling sequence with a subroutine body which is typically significantly longer...

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Possible and cost of subroutine inlining:

  • When a body of code for which the programmers are attempting to perform register allocation makes a call to a subroutine...

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