Re: Making my first compiler

Matthias Blume wrote:


> What features of the language that you are trying to compile would
> affect the choice of the language that one uses to write the
> compiler?


At least those features that prevent or discourage to write an compiler,
using that particular language.


A useful language should allow for things like:
[general]
- Turing completeness
- arrays, dynamic memory and pointers/references
- structured data types, or objects
- structured statements (loops, subroutines...)
- file handling (text and binary)
[binary output]
- low level (fixed size...) data types
- logical operators (shift...)
[compiler program]
- multi-module source organization
- usage of libraries
- debugger


I wouldn't suggest to write an compiler for tiny Basic in just that
language ;-)


DoDi

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