Re: Techniques for writing an interpreter

dhansen@btree.com (Dave Hansen) writes:
>Am I the only one here who thinks Simon might want to do this because
>it would be _fun_ and he might _learn_something_? Two great reasons
>for doing anything, IMHO.


To be honest, that is my main reason for wanting to find out more on the
subject. It's a natural progression from the work I've already done using
lex and yacc.


>At least _I_ didn't read anything in his original question indicating
>he was going to inflict his efforts on the rest of us.


Thats right. The stuff that I am looking to write will almost certainly
_not_ take the software world by storm!


>[Well, sure, but I'd still encourage him to learn about the extension
>languages that already exist and read the code that implements them
>before setting out to create yet another somewhat lumpy wheel. -John]


John, I agree with you. I have to say, however, that if I hadn't read
"lex & yacc" I wouldn't have become interested in the subject anyway. ;)
--
Simon
[Oh, well, in that case ... -John]




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