ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces optimization techniques appropriate for object-oriented languages. The topics covered include object and class layout, method invocation, efficient runtime-type checks, devirtualization with type analysis techniques, and escape analyses. Object allocation and garbage collection techniques are also very important for the efficiency of object-oriented programming languages. However, because of their complexity and limited space, this important topic must unfortunately be omitted. A good reference is the book by Jones and Lins [18].
