List of Tables

• Compilation Times With and Without Optimization
• Example ProGenitor Input
• Real Programs Studied
• Cold-start with Traditional Compilation System
• Comparison between Traditional and Continuous Replace-at-Call
• Comparison between Traditional and Continuous Replace-Preemptive
• Single-processor performance of render
• Single-processor performance of pico
• Single-processor performance of ghostview
• Continuous Compilation vs. Interpretation
• Comparison of Replacement Strategies with Ghostview
• Pico (Replace-at-Call)
• Pico (Replace-Preemptive)
• Render (Replace-at-Call)
• Render (Replace-Preemptive)
• Ghostview (Replace-Preemptive)
• Ghostview (Replace-at-Call)
• Common User File Parameters of Programs Generated to Examine the Effects of the Library/User Ratio on Performance
• Library File Parameters of Programs Generated to Examine the Effects of the Library/User Ratio on Performance
• Chance of Calling Another User Function
• Variation of Library/User Ratio
• User File Parameters of the Many-Functions-per-File Program
• Library File Parameters of the Many-Functions-per-File Program
• User File Parameters of the One-Function-per-File Program
• Variation of Functions per Source File
• Performance with Various Interpretation Penalties