Re: Interpreter design

steck@rice.edu (Paul Steckler)
18 Jan 2001 01:15:25 -0500

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From: steck@rice.edu (Paul Steckler)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 18 Jan 2001 01:15:25 -0500
Organization: Rice University, Houston TX
References: 01-01-059
Keywords: interpreter, books
Posted-Date: 18 Jan 2001 01:15:25 EST

Juan Carlos Gil Montoro (jcgil@gmv.es) wrote:
: What is the best strategy to implement an interpreter for a custom
: language?. I've done compilers and translators, but the mechanics of
: an interpreter (storing the interpreter state, in particular) puzzles
: me.


Try Friedman, Wand, and Haynes' "Essentials of Programming
Languages", MIT Press, where they show how to add various features
to interpreters. A second edition will be out at the
end of January.


-- Paul


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