Beautiful Architecture

Akonadi, 294
interprocess communication
Guardian operating system, 192
interprocessor bus
Tandem computers, 184
interrupts (see virtual interrupts)
intraprocedural analysis
optimizing compilers, 238
IOMMU (input/output memory management unit)
virtualization, 170
IPB (interprocessor bus)
Tandem computers, 176
“is-a” relation
classes, 333

J
Jalapeño project, 240
Java
optimizing performance, 206
Jeanneret-Gris, Charles-Édouard
Villa Savoye, 373
Jikes RVM (Research Virtual Machine), 235–260
JNI (Java Native Interface)
RVM, 256
JPC, 199–234
JTOC (Java Table Of Contents)
RVM, 243
JVM (Java Virtual Machine)
JPC, 217–228

K
Kaufmann, Edgar
on Fallingwater house, 372
KDE (K Desktop Environment), 279–311
KDEPIM, 289
kernels
KQEMU, 170
virtual memory and paravirtualization in Xen,
161
keymaps
Emacs Lisp, 271
keys
Facebook applications, 123
KQEMU
hybrid emulation and virtualization, 170

L
languages
concepts, 349–381
object-oriented versus functional, 315
latency
Data Store in Project Darkstar, 53
as a goal in MMOs and virtual worlds, 60
in MMOs, 50

in Project Darkstar, 58

latent typing

Smalltalk, 361

Launcher

Lifetouch, 70

layering

Lifetouch architecture, 67, 72

layers

Akonadi, 296

“pillars” in KDE, 287

virtualization, 200

layout

objects in Jikes RVM, 241

runtime memory in Jikes RVM, 243

lazy evaluation

functional programming, 326

lazy initialization

JPC, 210

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris)

Villa Savoye, 373

libraries

agent-based, 343

EiffelVision, 322

external libraries, 207, 223

KDE, 279, 300, 303, 311

KDEPIM, 291

ThreadWeaver, 303–311

VM Magic, 254

Lifetouch, 63–88

Linux

drivers in Xen, 166

paging and protection level switching, 212

LIR (Low-level Intermediate Representation)

Jikes RVM, 249

Lisp

GNU Emacs, 269

load balancing

sessions, channels and task portability, 55

loading (see dynamic class loading)

locking

repositories in Lifetouch, 78

London Underground

as an architectural map, 27

lookup caching

JPC, 211

loop versioning optimization

SSA forms, 252

loosely coupled multiprocessors

Tandem computers, 176

Low-level Intermediate Representation (LIR)

Jikes RVM, 249

M

Machine-level Intermediate Representation (MIR)

Jikes RVM, 249

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