Re: Compiler Compiler Compiler

nr@labrador.eecs.harvard.edu (Norman Ramsey)
26 Mar 2001 13:49:11 -0500

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From: nr@labrador.eecs.harvard.edu (Norman Ramsey)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 26 Mar 2001 13:49:11 -0500
Organization: Harvard University
References: 01-03-095
Keywords: tools, parse
Posted-Date: 26 Mar 2001 13:49:10 EST

Daniel C. Wang <danwang+news@cs.princeton.edu> wrote:
>The first non-trivial thing anyone does when they invent a new
>programming language seems to be rewriting yacc so they can bootstrap
>their compiler.

C'mon Dan---just hook up yacc to ASDL and emit a new parser in no time!

I actually have sitting around a parser generator that can emit
parsers in ML or Icon, but it's not entirely trivial to add a new
language. If there's interest I can put the code on the web `as is'.
--
Norman Ramsey
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~nr

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