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- This directory contains the AE program profiling system. The files
- are:
-
- AE Subdirectory containing the code added to gcc.
-
- AEC Subdirectory containing aec, the compiler from schemas to C
- programs.
-
- gcc Subdirectory containing a copy of the GNU C compiler. This program
- is not distributed with AE. It is available from prep.ai.mit.edu in
- the ~ftp/pub/gcc directory.
-
- README This file.
-
- INSTALL Instruction on installing AE.
-
- COPYING A copy of the GNU General Public License.
-
- ae-tr.ps.Z A compressed postscript file containing a technical report
- describing AE.
-
-
- To make and install AE, read the file INSTALL. AE is documented in a
- University of Wisconsin Computer Sciences Department Technical Report
- #912 entitled "Abstract Execution: A Technique for Efficiently Tracing
- Programs." A postscript copy of this report is in the file
- ae-tr.ps.Z. If you cannot print postscript, a hardcopy version of
- this report is available for free from:
-
- Technical Report Librarian
- Computer Sciences Department
- 1210 West Dayton Street
- University of Wisconsin
- Madison, WI 53706
- (608) 262-6616
-
-
- The patches to GCC have been tested with GCC version 1.36 and 1.37.
- They would probably work with earlier version, but I can't guarantee
- it.
-
-
- If you obtain a copy of AE and wish to be informed of future updates
- and bug fixes, send your electronic mail address to:
-
- larus@cs.wisc.edu.
-
- I am interested hearing about bugs in the system and ports to other
- machines. I would also like to know about applications for AE, so if
- you publish a paper based on AE, please send me a copy.
-
-
- AE is copyrighted by me and is distributed under the terms of the GNU
- General Public License, Version 1. Please read this document, which
- is in the file COPYING.
-
-
- Although AE is free software, it cost time and money to produce. If
- you use AE and work in industry, you can help support development of
- software of this sort by having your company make a unrestricted
- donation to my research program. To do this, mail me check (address
- attached) payable to ``Computer Sciences Fund -- University of
- Wisconsin Foundation.'' The foundation's federal taxpayer
- identification number is 39-074-3975.
-
-
- James Larus
- Computer Sciences Department
- 1210 West Dayton Street
- University of Wisconsin
- Madison, WI 53706
-
- larus@cs.wisc.edu
- (608) 262-9519
-
-