Re: XPL Analyzer

Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com.dmarc.email>
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 06:45:55 -0400 (EDT)

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From: Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com.dmarc.email>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 06:45:55 -0400 (EDT)
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Posted-Date: 13 Jun 2017 06:45:55 EDT

Am 09.06.2017 um 19:20 schrieb George Neuner:


> In that case, (our moderator) John's suggestion is probably best ...
> if you have the grammar, then plug it into an (LA)LR tool and have it
> generate tables for you.
>
> I'm not familiar with the book you mentioned, but if a grammar is
> provided [even if not in EBNF], it should be possible to translate it
> for a modern tool.


At least I could find a grammar in BNF, by following the links in
Wikipedia to <teampli.net/XPL/ldindex.html>.


If I had to write an XPL compiler, as an excercise, I'd try to handcraft
an LL(1) top-down parser for it. This approach will give more insight
into "how to write a compiler", than understanding how to use a compiler
generator. Finally that compiler can be rewritten in XPL. Much time will
have to be spent in implementing the system library (Implicit
Declarations) and memory management.


DoDi
[It does depend on whether you want to write a modern compiler or one that
someone might have written back when XPL was new. -John]


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