Re: how to write a compiler

Suresh Kumar J <suresh@sankhya.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>> i'm taking up a 6 month term project in my bachelor's degree
>> course.can someone tell me the roadmap for writing a complier.and also
>> suggest the language(maybe c,java etc..or develop a custom
>> lang??)....plus is it a good idea to try for translators(c to
>> java,MSIL to java bytecode etc...)in the same semester??
>> samy
>
> Writing a compiler in 6 months by a single person may not be possible.


Why not? Writing a compiler is not all that difficult (assuming the
language being compiled isn't too large and complicated.) Writing a C
compiler singlehandedly in 6 months seems perfectly reasonable to
me. (Assuming one doesn't have to implement all the standard library
routines.) (A C++ compiler might be a bit too complicated, though.)


Writing a *good* compiler, on the other hand, is significantly more
difficult and time-consuming, but that wasn't the question.
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