Front front-generator available for download

Dear reader,


Philips Research proudly presents the Front 1.0 release.


Front (Fast Renering Of Non-terminals and Types) is a full compiler
front-end generator that translates a language description in an
extended BNF format into a compiler front-end consisting of a lexical
scanner, a parser, abstract syntax tree definition, abstract syntax
tree construction, symbol table and scope rule handling, abstract
syntax tree traversals and many more features, such as automatic
unparsing and prett-printing.


Front is distributed as open source software under the Gnu General
Public License. It can be downloaded from


http://www.extra.research.philips.com/front


Front can cooperate with Doggy, which is part of the Front
distribution. Doggy (Dag Optimizer Generator) is a compiler from
pattern-matched rewrite rules to C. These rules can be used to
describe DAG transformations on arbitrary DAG's which are accessed by
Doggy using a small API that has to be implemented to give Doggy
access to your favorite DAG implementation. Front generates such a
Doggy API, thereby allowing the use of Doggy rewrite rules to rewrite
parts of a Front-generated abstract syntax tree.


Front generates Flex, Bison and C code and is available on the following
platforms:


Platforms
---------


    * Full releases are now available for
        HP-UX HP-UX B.11.11
        SunOS SunOS 5.8
        IRIX64 IRIX 6.5
        Linux Linux 2.4.18
        MINGW32 Mingw32 under Microsoft Windows


    * Generated C sources are available for porting to other platforms.




--
Name: dr.ir. Lex Augusteijn
E-Mail: lex.augusteijn@philips.com

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