Re: Writing a C compiler in Java/Jython

> adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org (Arun Sharma) writes:
>
>>I wanted some opinions from people who might have attempted this in
>>the past: Writing a C compiler in Java. Also, would using a scripting
>>language like python (specifically the jython implementation of the
>>language) have any advantages in writing optimization algorithms ?


Torben AEgidius Mogensen wrote:
> I strongly recommend writing a compiler in a language that supports
> automatic storage reclamation (garbage collection or similar). If I
> was to choose a specific language, I would go for Standard ML, using
> the ckit package from Bell-labs
> (http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/what/smlnj/doc/ckit/).


Nice thing about implementing compiler in Standard ML is variety of
compiler-construction tools, including: MLLex,MLYacc(Yacc with nice
automatic error-correction mechanism) MLBurg(code generation) and
MLRisc(back-end with graph library) BANE(static analysis framework)


        Greetings :-)
                Michal Gajda
                korek@icm.edu.pl
                *knowledge-hungry student*

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