Re: Writing Compilers in Functional Languages

In 05-04-068 "Kkaa" <onlyafly@gmail.com> writes:


] I've written a few compilers and interpreters in procedural and
] object-oriented languages (in particular Java, C, C++, and C#), and
] these seem to be popular choices, but I would like to write my next
] one in a functional language. Every compiler text I've read assumes
] that you are writing your compiler in a procedural or OO language.
] Are there any books or online resources that instead focus on using
] functional languages as implementation languages? I'm considering
] using Haskell or Scheme, but I'm hoping that the resources won't
] assume a particular functional langauge.


Well, there are Andrew Appel's
'Modern Compiler Implementation in ML' and
'Modern Compiler Implementation in ML: Basic Techniques', and
ofcourse Simon Peyton Jones and Davide Lester's book on
'Implementing functional languages: a tutorial' that just happens
to be available online at
http://research.microsoft.com/Users/simonpj/Papers/pj-lester-book/


HTH.


Doei, Arthur.


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