ICFP 2021
Sun 22 - Sat 28 August 2021
Tue 24 Aug 2021 17:00 - 17:15 at ICFP Talks - Session 3
Wed 25 Aug 2021 05:00 - 05:15 at ICFP Talks - Session 3

The fastest JavaScript production implementations use just-in-time (JIT) compilation and the vast majority of academic publications about implementations of dynamic languages published during the last two decades focus on JIT compilation. This does not imply that static compilers (AoT) cannot be competitive; as comparatively little effort has been spent creating fast AoT JavaScript compilers, a scientific comparison is lacking. This paper presents the design and implementation of an AoT JavaScript compiler, focusing on a performance analysis. The paper reports on two experiments, one based on standard JavaScript benchmark suites and one based on \NUMOFTESTS new benchmarks chosen for their diversity of styles, authors, sizes, provenance, and coverage of the language. The first experiment shows an advantage to JIT compilers, which is expected after the decades of effort that these compilers have paid to these very tests. The second shows more balanced results, as the AoT compiler generates programs that reach competitive speeds and that consume significantly less memory. The paper presents and evaluates techniques that we have either invented or adapted from other systems, to improve AoT JavaScript compilation.

Tue 24 Aug

Displayed time zone: Seoul change

16:00 - 17:30
16:00
15m
Talk
Modular, Compositional, and Executable Formal Semantics for LLVM IR
Research Papers
Yannick Zakowski Inria, Calvin Beck University of Pennsylvania, Irene Yoon University of Pennsylvania, Ilya Zaichuk Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Vadim Zaliva University of Cambridge, UK, Steve Zdancewic University of Pennsylvania
DOI Media Attached
16:15
15m
Talk
Higher-Order Probabilistic Adversarial Computations: Categorical Semantics and Program Logics
Research Papers
Alejandro Aguirre Aarhus University, Gilles Barthe MPI-SP; IMDEA Software Institute, Marco Gaboardi Boston University, Deepak Garg MPI-SWS, Shin-ya Katsumata National Institute of Informatics, Tetsuya Sato Tokyo Institute of Technology
DOI Media Attached
16:30
15m
Talk
How to Evaluate Blame for Gradual Types
Research Papers
Lukas Lazarek Northwestern University, Ben Greenman Brown University, Matthias Felleisen Northeastern University, Christos Dimoulas PLT @ Northwestern University
DOI Media Attached
16:45
15m
Talk
ProbNV: Probabilistic Verification of Network Control Planes
Research Papers
Nick Giannarakis University of Wisconsin-Madison, Alexandra Silva University College London, David Walker Princeton University
DOI Media Attached
17:00
15m
Talk
Of JavaScript AOT Compilation Performance
Research Papers
Manuel Serrano Inria, France
DOI Media Attached
17:15
15m
Talk
Symbolic and Automatic Differentiation of Languages
Research Papers
DOI Media Attached

Wed 25 Aug

Displayed time zone: Seoul change

04:00 - 05:30
Session 3Research Papers at ICFP Talks
04:00
15m
Talk
Modular, Compositional, and Executable Formal Semantics for LLVM IR
Research Papers
Yannick Zakowski Inria, Calvin Beck University of Pennsylvania, Irene Yoon University of Pennsylvania, Ilya Zaichuk Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Vadim Zaliva University of Cambridge, UK, Steve Zdancewic University of Pennsylvania
DOI Media Attached
04:15
15m
Talk
Higher-Order Probabilistic Adversarial Computations: Categorical Semantics and Program Logics
Research Papers
Alejandro Aguirre Aarhus University, Gilles Barthe MPI-SP; IMDEA Software Institute, Marco Gaboardi Boston University, Deepak Garg MPI-SWS, Shin-ya Katsumata National Institute of Informatics, Tetsuya Sato Tokyo Institute of Technology
DOI Media Attached
04:30
15m
Talk
How to Evaluate Blame for Gradual Types
Research Papers
Lukas Lazarek Northwestern University, Ben Greenman Brown University, Matthias Felleisen Northeastern University, Christos Dimoulas PLT @ Northwestern University
DOI Media Attached
04:45
15m
Talk
ProbNV: Probabilistic Verification of Network Control Planes
Research Papers
Nick Giannarakis University of Wisconsin-Madison, Alexandra Silva University College London, David Walker Princeton University
DOI Media Attached
05:00
15m
Talk
Of JavaScript AOT Compilation Performance
Research Papers
Manuel Serrano Inria, France
DOI Media Attached
05:15
15m
Talk
Symbolic and Automatic Differentiation of Languages
Research Papers
DOI Media Attached