Fast procedure calls

A mechanism for control transfers should handle a variety of applications (e.g., procedure calls and returns, coroutine transfers, exceptions, process switches) in a uniform way. It should also allow an implementation in which the common cases of procedure call and return are extremely fast, prefera...

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Published in:Computer architecture news 1982-03, Vol.10 (2), p.66-76
Main Author: Lampson, Butler W.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A mechanism for control transfers should handle a variety of applications (e.g., procedure calls and returns, coroutine transfers, exceptions, process switches) in a uniform way. It should also allow an implementation in which the common cases of procedure call and return are extremely fast, preferably as fast as unconditional jumps in the normal case. This paper describes such a mechanism and methods for its efficient implementation.
ISSN:0163-5964
DOI:10.1145/964750.801827