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A Detailed Model of the Computer

 

In this section we develop a detailed model of the running time performance of C++ programs. The model developed is independent of the underlying hardware and system software. Rather than analyze the performance of a particular, arbitrarily chosen physical machine, we consider the implementation of the C++ programming language as a kind a ``virtual C++ machine'' (see Figure gif).

A direct consequence of this approach is that we lose some fidelity--the resulting model will not be able to accurately predict the performance of all possible hardware/software systems. On the other hand, we shall see that the resulting model is still rather complex and rich in detail.

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Figure: Virtual C++ Machine




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