801-tbl-issues.tex

\begin{table}
\caption{Point requiring attention in future sensor node VMs}
\label{tbl-issues}
    \centerline{
    \begin{tabular}{llll} % NO SIMULATION DATA
    \toprule
    Section                     &  Issue                                        &  in                   &  affects          \\
    \midrule
    \midrule
    \ref{sec-std-lib}           & A tailored standard library                   & Standard library      & VM size \\
    \ref{sec-const-data}        & Support for constant arrays                   & Source language, VM   & memory usage, code size \\
    \ref{sec-nested-data}       & Support for nested data structures            & Source language, VM   & memory usage, performance \\
    % \ref{sec-small-datatypes}   & Better lang. support for shorts and bytes     & Source language       & memory usage, source maintainability \\
    \ref{sec-small-datatypes}   & Better lang. support for shorts and bytes     & Source language       & memory usage, \\
                                &                                               &                       & ~~  source maintainability\\
    \ref{sec-typedef}           & Simple type definitions                       & Source language       & source maintainability \\
    \ref{sec-inlining}          & Explicit and efficient inlining               & Source language       & performance \\
    \ref{sec-optimising-javac}  & An optimising compiler                        & Compiler              & performance \\
    \ref{sec-no-gc}             & Allocating objects on stack                   & Source language, VM   & (predictable) performance \\
    \ref{sec-advanced-features} & Reconsidering adv. language features          & Source language, VM   & VM size, complexity, \\
                                & ~~threads, exceptions, OO, garbage collection &                       & ~~ and performance \\
    \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
    }
\end{table}