Method, apparatus and computer program for executing a program

Details Method, apparatus and computer program for executing a program Method, apparatus and computer program for executing a program

2011-04-12

2011-04-12

Wang, Philip (Department: 2191)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software program development tool

Testing or debugging

Reexamination Certificate

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07926044

ABSTRACT:
There is provided a method for executing a program comprising a function call and one or more subsequent instructions. The method comprises processing, on a first thread, a function defined by the function call, the function having one or more programmer predefined typical return values. For each predefined return value, the one or more subsequent instructions are pre-processed on an additional thread assuming that the function returned that pre-defined return value. In this way the processor, on completion of processing said function is able to make use of the pre-processing completed by the additional thread which used the actual return value.

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