CFP: USENIX Java Virtual Machine Symposium

Sat Oct 14 22:51:00 GMT 2000

Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu> writes:
> Isn't the algorithm gcj uses basically selector indexed dispatch 
> tables (STI) which is pretty standard for multiple inheritance
> dispatch?

I don't know. I don't know exactly what you mean by "selector
indexed dispatch tables". The phrase seems to encompass standard
single inheritance, C++-style multiple inheritance, and many
other techniques. Do you have a reference that defines the term?
> (Except that you don't spend any time trying to
> compress the selector tables?)

Well, isn't that fairly valuable: Getting compact and efficient
tables without doing global compression? Maybe it isn't all that
original, but I haven't seen anything similar. I'd be grateful
for pointers.
My design can be found in:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/java-discuss/1999-q3/msg00377.html
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