Sun 20 Oct 2024 14:30 - 15:00 at Pacific C - Session 2 - Language Implementation

Super-instructions are a crucial optimization method for interpreters, as they combine multiple basic instructions into single specialized atomic operations. The optimization technique reduces dispatch overhead and enables further optimizations in the synthesized operation code for a super-instruction. However, due to combinatorial explosion, identifying super-instructions is a complex selection problem.

This paper presents a novel approach for the automated synthesis of super-instructions using a combination of offline dictionary-based compression algorithms and greedy heuristics. Our method addresses the common issue of overlap between super-instructions, which previous approaches often overlook. Additionally, we introduce a meta-compiler for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) that automatically generates a new interpreter incorporating the super-instructions.

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Sun 20 Oct

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14:00 - 15:30
Session 2 - Language ImplementationVMIL at Pacific C
14:00
30m
Research paper
Smarter Contract Upgrades with Orthogonal Persistence
VMIL
Luc Bläser DFINITY Foundation, Claudio Russo Dfinity, Gabor Greif DFINITY, Ryan Vandersmith DFINITY Foundation, Jason Ibrahim DFINITY Foundation
DOI
14:30
30m
Research paper
Synthesizing Efficient Super-Instruction Sets for Ethereum Virtual Machine
VMIL
Xiaowen Hu The University of Sydney, David Zhao RelationalAI, Bernhard Scholz University of Sydney
DOI Pre-print File Attached
15:00
15m
Short-paper
The Fuzion Intermediate Representation
VMIL
Fridtjof Siebert Tokiwa Software GmbH, Michael Lill Tokiwa Software GmbH
Pre-print Media Attached
15:15
15m
Short-paper
An Effectively Ω(c) Language and Runtime
VMIL
Mark Marron University of Kentucky
Pre-print