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| language design references wanted grosen@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu (1991-08-21) |
| Re: language design references wanted acha@CS.CMU.EDU (1991-08-22) |
| Re: language design references wanted tjj@thumper.bellcore.com (1991-08-26) |
| Re: language design references wanted grosen@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu (1991-08-26) |
| Re: language design references wanted murphy@mips.com (1991-08-29) |
| Re: language design references wanted preston@helena.rice.edu (1991-08-30) |
| Re: language design references wanted wendl@munich.enet.dec.com (1991-08-30) |
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| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| From: | grosen@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu (Johannes Grosen) |
| Keywords: | design, question |
| Organization: | Compilers Central |
| Date: | Wed, 21 Aug 1991 15:09:32 CDT |
I'm a second year grad student (CS) and preparing to tackle (gasp!) my
thesis. A number of possible topics have been suggested, many of which
involve implementing new languages or extending/modifying existing ones. My
question is this: there seems to be a great deal of literature on compiler
design (i.e., implementing translators for a language) but very little on
designing the language! Various people, including our moderator, Mr. Levine,
have called it a 'black art'. Well, I'd like to be a 'sorcerer's
apprentice'! I would very much appreciate hearing of any references that
deal with how one goes about designing a language. If there are enough
responses I will compile and post them here.
Thank you!
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