Re: how to write a compiler

Alex McGuire <alex@alexmcguire.com>
25 Jul 2003 21:17:28 -0400

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From: Alex McGuire <alex@alexmcguire.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 25 Jul 2003 21:17:28 -0400
Organization: Wanadoo, l'internet avec France Telecom
References: 03-07-009
Keywords: practice
Posted-Date: 25 Jul 2003 21:17:28 EDT

I think you would find it much quicker to write a compiler for Scheme,
or some subset of Scheme. Besides being a really cool language, its
simple syntax makes compiler building much easier. For this reason
Scheme is often favoured in courses on language design.


The following might be useful


Lisp in small pieces
<http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521562473/ref=sr_aps_books_1_1/026-1535000-2214020>


eopl <http://www.cs.indiana.edu/eopl/>


Alex


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