Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines offers a unique insight into the building of virtual machines for sequential, object-oriented and parallel languages, and uses comparisons of different VMs to provide actual, practical examples on how to build VMs. State transitions are used as a formal technique for the specificati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Craig, Iain D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 2006, 2006
Edition:1st ed. 2006
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • VMs for Portability: BCPL
  • The Java Virtual Machine
  • DIY VMs
  • More Stack-Based VMs
  • Case Study: An Event-Driven Language
  • Register-Based Machines
  • Implementation Techniques
  • Open Issues