Execution environments like Java Virtual Machine and Microsoft CLR rely on executables containing information about types and their structure. Method bodies are expressed in an intermediate language rather than machine dependent code to allow verification. Although intermediate language and metadata are required by the execution engine, the information available can be used for other purposes. In this paper we present an application that relies on the rich binary format of CLR to translate the intermediate language code into Lego Mindstorms bytecode. All programming languages targeting the Common Language Infrastructure can be used to program the programmable Lego brick. We exploit the information available to automatically distribute a program between a robot with very limited abilities and a standard PC.
CIL + Metadata > Executable Program
ATTARDI, GIUSEPPE;CISTERNINO, ANTONIO;
2004-01-01
Abstract
Execution environments like Java Virtual Machine and Microsoft CLR rely on executables containing information about types and their structure. Method bodies are expressed in an intermediate language rather than machine dependent code to allow verification. Although intermediate language and metadata are required by the execution engine, the information available can be used for other purposes. In this paper we present an application that relies on the rich binary format of CLR to translate the intermediate language code into Lego Mindstorms bytecode. All programming languages targeting the Common Language Infrastructure can be used to program the programmable Lego brick. We exploit the information available to automatically distribute a program between a robot with very limited abilities and a standard PC.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
