CS152 - Perl scripts for GC experiments

Perl scripts for garbage-collection experiments

Alex Kulesza '04 graciously provided some Perl scripts to simplify running collectors and graphing rules. The three scripts are run-test, filter, and set-gamma. You should use run-test; it calls the others. It takes 8 parameters, which it will describe briefly if you run it with any other number:

interp interpreter to test (uscheme-copy)

y-min minimum gamma (2)

y-max maximum gamma (4)

delta-y gamma increment (.02)

testname program to run (mergetest)

param test parameter (array size)

symbol graph symbol (circle)

fill graph fill (1)

The set-gamma script generates the program to be executed, which is just a

(val &gamma-desired xx)

stuck on the front of the test. The filter script takes the output from the interpreter and extracts the relevant number. The run-test script just calls these things in a loop and spits out a jgraph-compatible unit.

interp	interpreter to test (uscheme-copy)
y-min	minimum gamma (2)
y-max	maximum gamma (4)
delta-y	gamma increment (.02)
testname	program to run (mergetest)
param	test parameter (array size)
symbol	graph symbol (circle)
fill	graph fill (1)