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diff --git a/lib/compiler/AUTHORS b/lib/compiler/AUTHORS new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c40e02dc4c --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/compiler/AUTHORS @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +The original JAM compiler was first implemented by Joe Armstrong. + +The original BEAM compiler (v1) was first implemented by Bogumil Hausman. + +The original v2 and v3 compilers were implemented by Robert Virding. +Bj�rn Gustavsson adapted the code generation for the BEAM machine and +added the optimisation passes. + +General improvements and corrections were made by Robert Virding, +Arndt Jonasson, Tony Rogvall, Bj�rn Gustavsson and Jan-Erik Dahlin. + +The bit syntax support was implemented by Bj�rn Gustavsson, Arndt Jonasson +and Robert Virding. + +The Core Erlang is used as an intermediate format in the v3 compiler (R7). +Core Erlang was suggested by Richard Carlsson (HiPE). + +The new inliner in R8 is written by Richard Carlsson (HiPE). + +Updates, extensions, and bugfixes in the R8 compiler were made by Robert Virding, +Richard Carlsson (HiPE), and Bj�rn Gustavsson. + +Bjorn Gustavsson and Raimo Niskanen implemented the beam_validator compiler +pass for R10B-2 (it makes that the compiler did not generate code that could +crash the run-time system). + +The current maintainer of the compiler is Bjorn Gustavsson. To the R12B he +added a simple form of stack trimming, as well as other optimizations. + +Original Authors and Contributors: + +Joe Armstrong +Bogumil Hausman +Robert Virding +Bj�rn Gustavsson +Arndt Jonasson +Tony Rogvall +Jan-Erik Dahlin +Richard Carlsson +Raimo Niskanen + +Open Source Contributors: + +Robert Virding |