Method and apparatus for reordering components of computer progr

Details Method and apparatus for reordering components of computer progr Method and apparatus for reordering components of computer progr

1997-10-17

1998-08-04

Voeltz, Emanuel Todd

G06F 945

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057908656

ABSTRACT:
A method and system for reordering sections of a computer program are disclosed. The computer program is executed during an experimental execution period. During the execution period, an access record is made. The access record identifies when each section of the computer program is accessed. After the execution period, the sections are reordered based on when the sections were accessed during the execution period. The sections may be code sections, data sections, or a sections that contain a combinatin of code and data (e.g. objects). According to one disclosed technique, the execution period is divided into time intervals. Each time interval corresponds to the time period in which a discrete high level operation of the computer program was performed. A data matrix is created where each row corresponds to a section, and each column corresponds to a time interval. Values are stored in each cell of the data matrix based on whether the corresponding section was accessed during the corresponding time interval. The sections are then reordered based on the values in the rows to which they correspond.

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