Re: how to write a compiler

arargh308@arargh.com
23 Aug 2003 23:04:58 -0400

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From: arargh308@arargh.com
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 23 Aug 2003 23:04:58 -0400
Organization: Not Really!
References: 03-07-009 03-07-212 03-08-044 03-08-045 03-08-056
Keywords: Pascal, practice
Posted-Date: 23 Aug 2003 23:04:58 EDT

On 20 Aug 2003 01:22:23 -0400, Christian Bau
<christian.bau@cbau.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:


<snip>
>Many years ago, a copy of the Byte magazine contained source code for a
>toy Pascal compiler. First stage translated to something similar to
>P-code, second stage compiled to 8080 assembler (I said many years ago).
>I typed it in, making all the necessary changes so it would run on
>Commodore BASIC, and after two days it did compile and execute tiny
>pascal programs.
>
>I didn't say it compiled them fast and executed them fast :-)


If it's the same one I saw, I did about the same thing. About 1985?
Only, I translated the Pascal compiler to Basic, and wrote a P-code
interperter in asm. This was on a time-shareing mini-computer. It
did run pretty fast, there.


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