Re: Object-oriented compiler construction: ideas?

Arthur.Chance@Smallworld.co.uk (Arthur Chance)
8 Jun 1996 18:25:57 -0400

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From: Arthur.Chance@Smallworld.co.uk (Arthur Chance)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 8 Jun 1996 18:25:57 -0400
Organization: Smallworldwide
References: 96-06-010
Keywords: OOP, parse, smalltalk

Oliver Plohmann <op@esec.ch> writes:
[On making OO classes for parse nodes and having code generate methods on
them.]
> Does anybody know whether that kind of techiques are being applied
> meanwhile? Wat do you think about it? Bogus or not ?


AFAIR the Smalltalk-80 compiler was/is like this. I also know of a
proprietary OO system that does the same. It's a natural way to do
things if writing a compiler in an OO language for that language and
targetting a bytecoded VM designed for the language.


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