Compiling Esterel

by Potop-butucaru, Dumitru; Edwards, Stephen A.; Berry, Gerard

• ISBN13: 9780387706269
• ISBN10: 0387706267
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Designed as the definitive reference on the compilation of the Esterel synchronous reactive real-time language, Compiling Esterel covers all aspects of the language and includes a tutorial, a reference manual, its formal semantics, and detailed technical information about the many techniques used to compile it. Esterel is based on the simple idea of providing a software language that has a synchronous model of time. That is, the execution of the program is divided into discrete instants, and statements are either guaranteed to execute in a single instant, or take multiple instants as requested by the programmer. Suitable for programming safety-critical real-time systems, Esterel and its model of computation have found use in industrial applications such as avionics, integrated circuit design, and other safety-critical environments. While this book does not assume prior knowledge of the Esterel language, readers will appreciate having prior knowledge of programming language semantics and compiler technology, along with some familiarity with synchronous digital hardware design. Researchers as well as advanced developers will find this book essential for understanding Esterel at all levels.

Table of Contents

The Esterel language
Introduction to Esterel	p. 3
The Esterel language	p. 15
Formal semantics
Introduction to Esterel semantics	p. 41
Constructive behavioral semantics	p. 55
Constructive operational semantics	p. 79
Constructive circuit translation	p. 103
Compiling Esterel
Overview	p. 135
The GRC intermediate format	p. 145
Code generation from GRC	p. 179
The Columbia compiler	p. 203
Language extensions	p. 235
An Esterel reference manual	p. 253
The C language interface	p. 281
Esterel V7	p. 297
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