Re: bison and/or antlr and/or TXL?

On Jun 30, 4:24 pm, SomeDeveloper <somedevelo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm new to the (wonderful) world of compilers.
>
> 1. If I could learn / master ONLY ONE of these two tools, which one
> should I?
> 2. If I could learn / master BOTH, which one should I pick first?
>
> For theory / concepts... I'm intending to refer to the 1st edition of
> the Dragon Book, even though the 2nd, completely rewritten edition is
> now available. This is because I don't have a need to write a very
> sophisticated compiler, rather only a simple/crude one for our in-
> house development needs. I will be more than happy as long as I can
> transform language A to language B. Thus...
>
> 3. ...for my simple compiler writing needs, can I confidently rely on
> just one book: the Dragon Book 1st edition?


And, how about TXL? Seeing the list of academic and industrial users
at http://www.txl.ca/nabouttxl.html, it seems TXL is also a candidate
for consideration.


Note: I'm very well aware that, in general, comparing programming
languages, platforms, etc can be a tricky thing and can sometimes
create personal/religious e-wars over the Net. But I still need your
kind, helpful advice... as it could be many months or even years
before I gain enough competency to decide these matters for myself.


Many thanks in advance,
Some (compilers-newbie) Developer
[TXL is very cool, but it's not really a parser generator; it's a
transformation generator. -John]

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