The performance of a system for automatic segmentation of programs within an ALGOL compiler (GIER ALGOL)
Peter Naur · Communications of the ACM · 1965
The GIER ALGOL compiler makes use of an automatic system for handling the transfers of program segments from the drum store to the core store at program execution time.The logic of this system is described.The performance of the system is discussed, primarily on the basis of execution times related to two specific programs.The discussion concludes with an assessment of the potential gains of various ways of improving the system.Presented :~t the [~/erua.