Compiler Design

10.

Runtime Environment

10.1.

Storage Organization

10.1.1.

10.1.1.1.

10.1.1.2.

Static Data Segment

10.1.1.3.

10.1.1.4.

10.1.2.

Address Space Management

10.1.3.

Virtual Memory Considerations

10.2.

Activation Records

10.2.1.

Activation Record Structure

10.2.1.1.

Local Variables

10.2.1.2.

10.2.1.3.

10.2.1.4.

10.2.1.5.

10.2.1.6.

Saved Registers

10.2.2.

Activation Record Allocation

10.2.3.

Variable Access Methods

10.3.

Parameter Passing

10.3.1.

10.3.2.

Call-by-Reference

10.3.3.

10.3.4.

10.3.5.

Parameter Passing Implementation

10.4.

Procedure Call Implementation

10.4.1.

Calling Sequences

10.4.2.

Return Sequences

10.4.3.

Register Saving and Restoring

10.4.4.

Stack Frame Management

10.5.

Non-Local Variable Access

10.5.1.

10.5.2.

10.5.3.

10.5.4.

Closure Implementation

10.6.

Dynamic Memory Management

10.6.1.

Heap Organization

10.6.2.

Memory Allocation Algorithms

10.6.2.1.

10.6.2.2.

10.6.2.3.

10.6.2.4.

10.6.3.

Fragmentation Issues

10.6.4.

Garbage Collection

10.6.4.1.

Reference Counting

10.6.4.2.

10.6.4.3.

Copying Collection

10.6.4.4.

Generational Collection

10.6.4.5.

Incremental Collection

10.6.4.6.

Concurrent Collection

10.7.

Exception Handling

10.7.1.

Exception Propagation

10.7.2.

Stack Unwinding

10.7.3.

Exception Tables

10.7.4.

Try-Catch Implementation

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