Design and Implementation of a Scala Compiler Backend Targeting the Low Level Virtual Machine

The Scala programming language successfully blends object-oriented and functional programming. The current implementation of Scala is tied to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) which constrains the implementation and deployment targets. This thesis describes the implementation of a new backend for the Scala compiler that targets the Low Level Virtual Machine (LLVM). Targeting LLVM allows compilation of Scala programs to optimized native executables and enables implementation techniques that are not possible on the JVM. We discuss the design and implementation of this backend and evaluate its ability to compile existing Scala programs and the performance of the generated code. We then outline the additional work needed to produce a more complete, performant and robust backend.

Name thesis:degree_name

Computer Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Computer Science

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Reedy, Geoffrey

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stefanovic, Darko
• Crandall, Jed
• Lakin, Matthew

• programming languages
• compilers
• programming language implementation
• llvm
• scala

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cs_etds/67

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:cs_etds-1066