Re: Compiler Compiler Compiler

Trevor Jenkins <Trevor.Jenkins@suneidesis.com>
27 Mar 2001 23:23:50 -0500

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From: Trevor Jenkins <Trevor.Jenkins@suneidesis.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 27 Mar 2001 23:23:50 -0500
Organization: Suneidesis
References: 01-03-095
Keywords: parse, tools
Posted-Date: 27 Mar 2001 23:23:50 EST

"Daniel C. Wang" wrote:
> Just curious, but has there been any research done on
> parser-generators generators? i.e. some magic tool that will take a
> specification of my favorite programming language and produce a yacc
> like parser generator.


I recall that the authors of BMCC (Broker-Morris) discussed this issue
back in the early 1970s. Their conclusion was that one only needs a
compiler-compiler (BMCC of course :-). Their discussion appear in one
of the Elsevier (Macdonald) monographs. I wonder whether we have come
very far in the last 30 years.


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Regards, Trevor

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