Re: Language used to write compilers

Scott Moore <samiam@moorecad.com>
31 Dec 2004 12:59:30 -0500

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From: Scott Moore <samiam@moorecad.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 31 Dec 2004 12:59:30 -0500
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References: 04-12-148
Keywords: practice
Posted-Date: 31 Dec 2004 12:59:30 EST

Joe H. wrote:


> 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 compilers are written in Pascal. It is perhaps the only language
with a single character lookahead buffer built into to the language.
[I know that a lot of compilers used to be written in Pascal, but it's
my impression that C is now more popular if only because there is a
standard way to do separate compilation. -John]


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