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Typed Assembly Language

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  • #Memory Safety
  • #Compiler Optimization
  • #Typed Assembly Language
  • Typed Assembly Language (TAL) extends untyped assembly languages with typing annotations, memory management primitives, and sound typing rules.
  • TAL's typing rules ensure memory safety, control flow safety, and type safety.
  • TAL can encode various programming features like records, arrays, higher-order functions, exceptions, and modules.
  • TAL supports low-level compiler optimizations, making it ideal for type-directed compilers.
  • TAL is used in secure mobile code applications and extensible operating system kernels.
  • A variant called TALx86 has been implemented for Intel's IA32 architecture.
  • A compiler for a safe C-like language named Popcorn has been developed to target TALx86.