From: jdean@pysht.cs.washington.edu (Jeffrey Dean) Subject: Re: Cecil Organization: University of Washington Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 10:18:54 GMT
In article <1707013D67.UDIS2@earn.cvut.cs>, UDIS2@earn.cvut.cz writes: |> Where can I find info about Cecil language? |> |> Thanks, |> Peter P.B. |>
Cecil is a new purely object-oriented language intended to support rapid construction of high-quality, extensible software. Cecil combines multi-methods with a classless object model, object-based encapsulation, and optional static type checking.
Ongoing research in the Cecil project is in two major areas: language design issues and type systems for languages like Cecil, and implementation research on making languages like Cecil run faster.
Ongoing research in the Cecil project is in two major areas: language design and object-oriented language implementation. Our language design research addresses modules and typechecking for multi-method based languages, and language mechanisms for implicit object classification. Our implementation research is exploring a variety of optimization techniques for object-oriented languages, including profile-guided type feedback, whole program analysis, specialization, and interprocedural type inference algorithms.
Further information about Cecil is available from our WWW site:
http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/projects/cecil/www/cecil-home.html
Papers about Cecil are also available via anonymous ftp from cs.washington.edu in the directory /pub/chambers. See the README file in that directory for a description of the available papers.
Check out our WWW site: we'd appreciate any feedback people might have.
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Producing readable, on-line text versions is difficult, because the papers contain embedded figures and formatted text. Many of the papers are available as UW CSE Technical reports, however. Full details can be via anonymous ftp in: cs.washington.edu:/pub/chambers/README.
Hard-copies of the technical reports may also be requested via electronic mail. Send email to: tr-request@cs.washington.edu. Orders will be filled via surface mail, subject to availability. Please be sure to include a complete snail-mail address with your request.
As for the compiler, we plan to have an initial release to "friendly, interested parties" sometime in the first half of 1995. The release will include full source code for the compiler (currently about 45,000 lines of Cecil code), and will include both a C-code based back end (for portability) and a native Sparc back end.
We're maintaining a list of people who are interested in this initial release. If you would like to be added to this list, send e-mail to me (jdean@cs.washington.edu).
-- Jeff
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