Scala Compiler Performance Analysis

Looking forward to the actual analysis!

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 6:08 PM, William Louth (JINSPIRED.COM)
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Not sure you all have seen this but we've been publishing a series of
> articles on the performance analysis of the existing 2.9.1 scala compiler
> code base. We did not set out to address all performance concerns of the
> compiler but to look at the issues one has in measuring (in our case
> metering) scala derived class bytecode. There has been a lot said about
> complexity but rarely has this actually looked at how does one make sense of
> the execution of such bytecode when traceability back to source and
> constructs is not as easy as it has been in Java itself with the mapping
> being explicit, direct and immediate. Definitely an address that needs
> attention when production deployments grow bigger.
>
> We should have the last 3 remaining parts published by Monday next week.
> Hopefully the data that is presented will give you some direction in any
> proposed tuning (or rewrite) efforts.
>
> Case Study: Scala Compiler – Part 7
> How to identify particular execution performance outliners assessing
> differences and similarities.
> http://www.jinspired.com/site/case-study-scala-compiler-part-7
>
> Case Study: Scala Compiler – Part 6
> How to manage performance measurement costs via inline optimizations and
> budget control.
> http://www.jinspired.com/site/case-study-scala-compiler-part-6
>
> Case Study: Scala Compiler – Part 5
> How to eliminate noise or redundant data from a performance model whilst
> controlling overhead.
> http://www.jinspired.com/site/case-study-scala-compiler-part-5
>
> Case Study: Scala Compiler – Part 4
> How to effectively profile software balancing coverage, comprehension,
> integrity and validity.
> http://www.jinspired.com/site/case-study-scala-compiler-part-4
>
> Case Study: Scala Compiler – Part 3
> How to identify the major execution phases within a software’s execution of
> a request, task or job.
> http://www.jinspired.com/site/case-study-scala-compiler-part-3
>
> Case Study: Scala Compiler – Part 2
> How to identify the main execution path ways and perimeters in a very large
> and complex code base.
> http://www.jinspired.com/site/case-study-scala-compiler-part-2
>
> Case Study: Scala’s Compiler – Part 1
> How to analyze the performance behavior of software without actually timing
> the execution of methods.
> http://www.jinspired.com/site/case-study-scalas-compiler-part-1
>
> Case Study: Scala’s Compiler – A Preamble
> An intro to a series of articles on the performance analysis of Scala’s
> compiler in which problematic behavioral patterns are identified.
> http://www.jinspired.com/site/case-study-scalas-compiler-a-preamble