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One significant disadvantage of interpreted bytecode languages, such as Java, is their low execution speed in comparison to compiled languages like C. The mobile nature of bytecode adds to the problem, as many checks are necessary to ensure that downloaded code from untrusted sources is rendered as safe as possible. But there do exist ways of speeding up such systems. One approach is to carry out static type checking at load time, as in the case of the Java Bytecode Verifier. This reduces the number of runtime checks that must be done and also allows certain instructions to be replaced by faster versions. Another approach is the use of a Just In Time (JIT) Compiler, which takes the bytecode and produces corresponding native code at runtime. Some JIT compilers also carry out some code optimization. There are, however, limits to the amount of optimization that can safely be done by the Verifier and JITs; some operations simply cannot be carried out safely without a certain amount of runtime checking. But what if it were possible to prove that the conditions the runtime checks guard against would never arise in a particular piece of code? In this case it might well be possible to dispense with these checks altogether, allowing optimizations not feasible at present. In addition to this, because of time constraints, current JIT compilers tend to produce acceptable code as quickly as possible, rather than producing the best code possible. By removing the burden of analysis from them it may be possible to change this. We demonstrate that it is possible to define a programming logic for bytecode programs that allows the proof of bytecode programs containing loops. The instructions available to use in the programs are currently limited, but the basis is in place to extend these. The development of this logic is non-trivial and addresses several difficult problems engendered by the unstructured nature of bytecode programs.

Le but est de développer d'un cadriciel permettant de définir les transformations de code source que nous jugeons judicieuses et sur la base de métriques dynamiques.Ce cadriciel sera ensuite intégré à la suite d'outil MAQAO, développée à l'UVSQ/ECR.Nous présentons des transformations source-à-source automatique guidées par l'utilisateur ansi que par les métriques dynamiques qui proviennent des différents outils d'analyse de MAQAO, afin de pouvoir travailler à la fois sur des objets sources et binaires.Ce cadriciel peut aussi servir de pré-processeur pour simplifier le développement en permettant d'effectuer certaines transformations simples mais chronophage et sources d'erreurs (i.e.: spécialisation de boucle ou fonction). / Our goal is to develop a framework allowing the definition of source code transformations based on dynamic metrics.This framework be integrated to the MAQAO tool suite developed at the UVSQ / ECR.We present a set of source-to-source transformations guidable by the end user and by the dynamic metrics coming from the various MAQAO tools in order to work at source and binary levels.This framework can also be used as a pre-processor to simplify the development by enabling to perform cleanly and automatically some simple but time-consuming and error-prone transformations (i.e .: loop/function specialization, ...).