Re: Making my first compiler

torbenm@app-0.diku.dk (=?iso-8859-1?q?Torben_=C6gidius_Mogensen?=)
27 Nov 2006 17:44:47 -0500

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From: torbenm@app-0.diku.dk (=?iso-8859-1?q?Torben_=C6gidius_Mogensen?=)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 27 Nov 2006 17:44:47 -0500
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen
References: 06-09-087 06-11-097 06-11-102
Keywords: practice
Posted-Date: 27 Nov 2006 17:44:47 EST

Valdo Ferrari <ValdoFerrari@libero.it> writes:


> Il Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:38:42 -0500, Stefan Monnier ha scritto:
>> My main recommendation for you would be: don't write your compiler in
>> C. ... You'll be better off writing it in a higher-level language.
>
> Which language you suggest to write compilers today?
>
> [I'd suggest something that handles the storage management and data
> structures, like perl or python. -John]


Or, even better, SML, O'Caml, Haskell, etc.


These have the following helpful features for compiler writers:


  - Automatic memory management.


  - Sum-of-products datatypes with pattern-matching.


  - Compact expression-style construction of nodes in syntax trees etc.


  - Type inference.


  - Polymorphic types.


  - Rich set of combinators for processing lists.


  - Powerful module or type-class systems.


Torben


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