Research Article

A translator system for the MATLAB language†

  1. Pramod G. Joisha1,*,
  2. Prithviraj Banerjee2

Article first published online: 2 NOV 2006

DOI: 10.1002/spe.781

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Software: Practice and Experience

Software: Practice and Experience

Volume 37, Issue 5, pages 535–578, 25 April 2007

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Joisha, P. G. and Banerjee, P. (2007), A translator system for the MATLAB language. Software: Practice and Experience, 37: 535–578. doi: 10.1002/spe.781

Author Information

  1. 1

    Microsoft Research, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052, U.S.A.

  2. 2

    University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 South Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7043, U.S.A.

*Microsoft Research, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052, U.S.A.

  1. †

    The work for this paper was carried out when the authors were at Northwestern University

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 MAR 2007
  2. Article first published online: 2 NOV 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 18 JUN 2006
  4. Manuscript Revised: 16 JUN 2006
  5. Manuscript Received: 3 JAN 2006

Funded by

  • DARPA. Grant Number: F30602-98-2-0144
  • NASA. Grant Number: 276685/NAS5-00212

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Keywords:

  • typeless array languages;
  • translator architecture;
  • type inference;
  • code generation

Abstract

A whole-program MATLAB to C translation system is presented. The paper outlines the motivation for the problem, discusses the system's architecture, its features and limitations. The translator's operation is explained using an example input program. Details are given on how the system implements and specializes some of the language's built-in primitives. Finally, the paper reports measurements evaluating the execution time and memory usage of the translated sources, and the compilation time required for the translations. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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