How to Architect a Query Compiler
Summary: Proposes a multi-DSL, multi-stage lowering architecture for query compilers to replace monolithic template expanders. Leverages PL/compiler ideas to build modular DSL stacks with staged lowering, enabling richer optimizations and easier maintenance; demonstrated by recreating a classic query compiler. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Amir Shaikhha (EPFL)
- 2. Yannis Klonatos (EPFL)
- 3. Lionel Parreaux (EPFL)
- 4. Lewis Brown (EPFL)
- 5. Mohammad Dashti (EPFL)
- 6. Christoph Koch (EPFL)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{shaikhha_sigmod16,
title = {{How to Architect a Query Compiler}},
author = {Shaikhha, Amir and Klonatos, Yannis and Parreaux, Lionel and Brown, Lewis and Dashti, Mohammad and Koch, Christoph},
series = {{SIGMOD} '16},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/2882903.2915244},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2882903.2915244},
year = {2016}
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