Re: error handling, front ends vs. code generation and optimization

pardo@june.cs.washington.edu (David Keppel)
Fri, 15 Jun 90 05:12:48 GMT

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From: pardo@june.cs.washington.edu (David Keppel)
References: <1990Jun4.044255.14857@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> <1990Jun5.043151.2131@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> <1990Jun6.032443.5564@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> <1990Jun12.165149.3080@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 90 05:12:48 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle
Keywords: optimize, C

mauney@cscraz.ncsu.edu (Dr. Jon Mauney) writes:
>[Over-empahsis of front end, but while the research community thinks
> front-ends are well-solved, error handling has been completely
> ignored.]


Hear, hear. I think that the `pi/pc' (UC Berkeley Pascal Interpreter
and Compiler) combination is still pretty much state of the art. See
``Practical LR Error Recovery'', S. Graham, C. Haley, W. Joy. I don't
know where it appeared originally, but it has the inscription ``(c)1979
ACM 0-89791-002-8/79/0800-0168'' at the bottom of the first page.


;-D on ( Is there a middle end or a front ground? ) Pardo
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