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| Fostering Systems Research with Managed Runtimes |
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| Nicolas Geoffray |
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| <h2>Abstract:</h2> |
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| Many systems research projects now target managed runtime environments (MRE) |
| because they provide better productivity and safety compared to native |
| environments. Still, developing and optimizing an MRE is a tedious |
| task that requires many years of development. Although MREs share some common |
| functionalities, such as a Just In Time Compiler or a Garbage Collector, this |
| opportunity for sharing has not been yet exploited in implementing MREs. |
| This thesis describes and evaluates VMKit, a first attempt to build a common |
| substrate that eases the development and experimentation of high-level MREs and |
| systems mechanisms. VMKit has been successfully used to build two MREs, |
| a Java Virtual Machine and a Common Language Runtime, as well as a a new system |
| mechanism that provides better security in the context of service-oriented |
| architectures. |
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| We describe the lessons learnt in implementing such a common |
| infrastructure from a performance and an ease of development standpoint. |
| The performance of VMKit are reasonable compared to industrial MREs, and |
| the high-level MREs are only 20,000 lines of code. Our new system |
| mechanism only requires the addition of 600 lines of code in VMKit, and |
| is a significant step towards better dependable systems. |
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| <h2>Bibtex:</h2> |
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| @PhdThesis{geoffray:phd, |
| author = {N. Geoffray}, |
| title = { Fostering Systems Research with Managed Runtimes }, |
| schoold = {Universit\'e Pierre et Marie Curie}, |
| year = {2009}, |
| address = {Paris, France}, |
| month = {September}, |
| } |
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| <li><a href="http://pagesperso-systeme.lip6.fr/Nicolas.Geoffray/these-geoffray.pdf">Fostering Systems Research with Managed Runtimes</a> (PDF)</li> |
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