Re: ANSI C PreProcessor [news:comp.lang.c++ trimmed from header]

"yuval" <yuval@neomagic.co.il> wrote in message
> I need to make an Ansi C PreProcessor. I would be happy to get help
> from someone who did it in the past.
>
> Now I am in the grammar part. I want to get a BNF grammar for the C
> PreProcessor.
>
> Thanks a lot
> Yuval
> [I would look at the freely available C preprocessors that have been
> discussed here. And then I would use one of them, rather than wasting
> time writing yet another one. -John]


>From the C FAQ:


18.3: What's a free or cheap C compiler I can use?


A: A popular and high-quality free C compiler is the FSF's GNU C
                compiler, or gcc. It is available by anonymous ftp from
                prep.ai.mit.edu in directory pub/gnu, or at several other FSF
                archive sites. An MS-DOS port, djgpp, is also available;
                see the djgpp home page at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ .


                There is a shareware compiler called PCC, available as
                PCC12C.ZIP .


                A very inexpensive MS-DOS compiler is Power C from Mix Software,
                1132 Commerce Drive, Richardson, TX 75801, USA, 214-783-6001.


                Another recently-developed compiler is lcc, available for
                anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.princeton.edu in pub/lcc/.


                A shareware MS-DOS C compiler is available from
                ftp.hitech.com.au/hitech/pacific. Registration is optional for
                non-commercial use.


                There are currently no viable shareware compilers for the
                Macintosh.


                Archives associated with comp.compilers contain a great deal of
                information about available compilers, interpreters, grammars,
                etc. (for many languages). The comp.compilers archives
                (including an FAQ list), maintained by the moderator, John R.
                Levine, are at iecc.com . A list of available compilers and
                related resources, maintained by Mark Hopkins, Steven Robenalt,
                and David Muir Sharnoff, is at ftp.idiom.com in pub/compilers-
                list/. (See also the comp.compilers directory in the
                news.answers archives at rtfm.mit.edu and ftp.uu.net; see
                question 20.40.)


                See also question 18.16.


18.15: Where can I get a BNF or YACC grammar for C?


A: The definitive grammar is of course the one in the ANSI
                standard; see question 11.2. Another grammar (along with
                one for C++) by Jim Roskind is in pub/c++grammar1.1.tar.Z
                at ics.uci.edu (or perhaps ftp.ics.uci.edu, or perhaps
                OLD/pub/c++grammar1.1.tar.Z), or at ftp.eskimo.com in
                u/s/scs/roskind_grammar.Z . A fleshed-out, working instance
                of the ANSI grammar (due to Jeff Lee) is on ftp.uu.net
                (see question 18.16) in usenet/net.sources/ansi.c.grammar.Z
                (including a companion lexer). The FSF's GNU C compiler
                contains a grammar, as does the appendix to K&R2.


                The comp.compilers archives contain more information about
                grammars; see question 18.3.


                References: K&R1 Sec. A18 pp. 214-219; K&R2 Sec. A13 pp. 234-
                239; ISO Sec. B.2; H&S pp. 423-435 Appendix B.


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