Re: What's the word for...

norman@flaubert.bellcore.com (Norman Ramsey)
Sat, 19 Feb 1994 16:33:06 GMT

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From: norman@flaubert.bellcore.com (Norman Ramsey)
Keywords: theory
Organization: Bellcore, Morristown NJ
References: 94-02-106
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 16:33:06 GMT

CNS-ksf-+Jordan T.J. <tjj@netnews.summit.novell.com> wrote:
>Could someone please tell me what the word is for a language
>which can be written in itself?


Some time back I saw something Luca Cardelli had written containing a
hierarchy of such questions. (It *may* have been his report on
`typeful programming'; I don't have a copy to check.) I don't
remember the exact hierarchy, but it was something like this.
Can the language write its own:
    1 interpreter?
    2 translator?
    3 garbage collector?
    4 run-time system?
    5 operating system?
I don't remember whether he had any terminology attached to these
criteria. Perhaps someone who remembers the report can identify it
for you.
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