diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
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+# use glob syntax.
+syntax: glob
+
+*.pyc
+*.DS_Store
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diff --git a/.project b/.project
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>ReBench</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.python.pydev.PyDevBuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.python.pydev.pythonNature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/.pydevproject b/.pydevproject
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?eclipse-pydev version="1.0"?>
+
+<pydev_project>
+<pydev_pathproperty name="org.python.pydev.PROJECT_SOURCE_PATH">
+<path>/ReBench/src</path>
+</pydev_pathproperty>
+<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_VERSION">python 2.6</pydev_property>
+<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_INTERPRETER">python2.6-opt</pydev_property>
+</pydev_project>
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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+ReBench utilizes SciPy for its statistic calculations.
+
+Instructions to install SciPy can be found at 
+http://www.scipy.org/Installing_SciPy
+This includes, that you will also need to install NumPy.
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diff --git a/rebench.conf b/rebench.conf
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+# Config file for ReBench
+# Config format is YAML (see http://yaml.org/ for detailed spec)
+
+# this run definition will be choosen if no parameters are given to rebench.py
+standard_run: CSOM-test
+
+# settings and requirements for statistic evaluation
+statistics:
+    min_runs: 30
+    max_runs: 50
+    confidence_level: 0.95
+    error_margin: 0.005
+    stop_criterium: percentage
+    stop_threshold: 5
+
+# definition of benchmark suites
+benchmarks:
+    CSOM:
+        performance_reader: LogPerformance
+        # location: /Users/smarr/Projects/PhD/VMs/CSOM
+        command: -cp Smalltalk Examples/Benchmarks/%(benchmark)s %(input)s
+        input_sizes: [1, 2, 10, 100, 1000]
+        benchmarks:
+            - All.som
+            - Fibonacci.som
+            - QuickSort.som
+            - Sum.som
+            - Ball.som
+            - List.som
+            - Random.som
+            - Towers.som
+            - Benchmark.som
+            - ListElement.som
+            - Recurse.som
+            - TowersDisk.som
+            - Bounce.som
+            - Loop.som
+            - Sieve.som
+            - TreeNode.som
+            - BubbleSort.som
+            - Permute.som
+            - Sort.som
+            - TreeSort.som
+            - Dispatch.som
+            - Queens.som
+            - Storage.som
+            - Fannkuch.som:
+                extra-args: 6
+        ulimit: 300
+    CSOM-all:
+        performance_reader: LogPerformance
+        # location: /Users/smarr/Projects/PhD/VMs/CSOM
+        command: -cp Smalltalk Examples/Benchmarks/%(benchmark)s %(input)s
+        input_sizes: [1, 2, 10, 100, 1000]
+        benchmarks:
+            - All.som
+        ulimit: 300
+    CSOM-loop:
+        performance_reader: LogPerformance
+        command: -cp Smalltalk Examples/Benchmarks/%(benchmark)s %(input)s
+        input_sizes: [1, 2, 10, 100, 1000]
+        benchmarks:
+            - Loop.som
+        ulimit: 300
+    Lua:
+        performance_reader: LogPerformance
+        command: "%(benchmark)s %(input)s "
+        input_sizes: [1, 2, 10, 100]
+        benchmarks:
+            - ackermann.lua:
+                extra-args: 6
+            - ary3.lua:
+                extra-args: 80
+            - binarytrees.lua:
+                extra-args: 5
+            - except.lua:
+                extra-args: 600
+            - fannkuch-opt.lua:
+                extra-args: 7
+            - fannkuch.lua:
+                extra-args: 6
+            - fasta.lua:
+                extra-args: 2500
+        ulimit: 300
+
+# VMs have a name and are specified by a path and the binary to be executed
+virtual_machines:
+    CSOM:
+        path: /home/smarr/CSOM/smarr/benchmark
+        binary: CSOM
+    CSOM-combined:
+        path: /Users/smarr/Projects/PhD/VMs/CSOM
+        binary: CSOM-O3-classic
+    Lua-combined:
+        path: /home/smarr/Lua/gcc-intermodule-test/src
+        binary: lua
+    Lua:
+        path: /home/smarr/Lua/my-5.1.4/src
+        binary: lua
+
+# define the benchmarks to be executed for a re-executable benchmark run
+run_definitions:
+    CSOMvsLuaProfiling:
+        description: >
+            This run definition is used to compare some basic properties of CSOM
+            and Lua. It is only used to profile, not execution time evaluation.
+        actions: profile 
+        executions:
+            # List of VMs and Benchmarks/Benchmark Suites to be run on them
+            #- CSOM:
+            #    benchmark: CSOM
+            - Lua:
+                benchmark: Lua
+    CSOM-test:
+        description: >
+            This run is used for simple testing purpose
+        actions: benchmark
+        benchmark: CSOM-loop
+        input_size: 1
+        executions:
+            - CSOM
+    Combined-Compilation:
+        description: >
+            This run tries to measure the impact of combined compilation.
+        actions: benchmark
+        benchmark: Lua
+        input_size: 1
+        executions:
+            - Lua
+            - Lua-combined