Language used to write compilers

"Joe H." <joe_hesse@actcx.com>
29 Dec 2004 01:45:09 -0500

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From: "Joe H." <joe_hesse@actcx.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 29 Dec 2004 01:45:09 -0500
Organization: VISI.com - http://www.visi.com/
Keywords: practice, question, comment
Posted-Date: 29 Dec 2004 01:45:08 EST

Hi,


I am thinking of taking a university course in compiler design. The
instructor has chosen a book that teaches compiler implementation in
Java. I always thought that compilers were usually written in C/C++.


Question - what languages are used to write compilers? My world is
Unix/Linux - should I wait until a course is offered using C/C++?


Many thanks,
Joe
[No. Compiler design is about algorithms and data structures, which
are the same no matter what language you're using. And anyway, for
most purposes Java is just C++ with some of the cruft stripped out and
garbage collection added. The GC makes it a lot easier to whip up
little sample programs. -John]

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