Data structures and dynamic memory management in reversible languages

Martin Holm  Cservenka; Robert Glück; Tue Haulund; Torben Ægidius Mogensen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-99498-7_19

Data structures and dynamic memory management in reversible languages

Martin Holm Cservenka, Robert Glück, Tue Haulund, Torben Ægidius Mogensen

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We present a method for reversible dynamic memory management based on a reversible version of the Buddy Memory system. This method supports decoupled allocation and deallocation of variable-sized records and can be applied to any reversible language with heap storage. We demonstrate how these new capabilities allow for the direct realization of commonplace data structures such as trees, heaps and queues which until now has not been practical in a reversible language. Finally, we provide a definition of our method in the high-level reversible language Janus as well as a description of its fragmentation and garbage-generation characteristics. The reversible memory management system has been fully implemented and tested in a compiler for a reversible object-oriented programming language targeting the reversible assembly language PISA.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reversible Computation : 10th International Conference, RC 2018, 2018, Proceedings
Editors	Jarkko Kari, Irek Ulidowski
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2018
Pages	269-285
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-59936-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99498-7_19
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	10th International Conference on Reversible Computation, RC 2018 - Leicester, United Kingdom Duration: 12 Sept 2018 → 14 Sept 2018

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Conference	10th International Conference on Reversible Computation, RC 2018
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Leicester
Period	12/09/2018 → 14/09/2018

Series	Lecture notes in computer science
Volume	11106
ISSN	0302-9743

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Data structures and dynamic memory management in reversible languages. / Cservenka, Martin Holm ; Glück, Robert; Haulund, Tue et al.
Reversible Computation: 10th International Conference, RC 2018, 2018, Proceedings. ed. / Jarkko Kari; Irek Ulidowski. Springer, 2018. p. 269-285 (Lecture notes in computer science, Vol. 11106).

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Cservenka, MH, Glück, R, Haulund, T & Mogensen, TÆ 2018, Data structures and dynamic memory management in reversible languages. in J Kari & I Ulidowski (eds), Reversible Computation: 10th International Conference, RC 2018, 2018, Proceedings. Springer, Lecture notes in computer science, vol. 11106, pp. 269-285, 10th International Conference on Reversible Computation, RC 2018, Leicester, United Kingdom, 12/09/2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99498-7_19

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