Re: Target machine for compiler course

On Wed, 1 Jun 1994, Mike Spivey wrote:


> I found the discussion about what to teach in a six-hour course on
> compilers very helpful; so I'd like to hear what people think about
> the choice of a target machine for a first course in compilers.
>
> Some people would advocate (a subset of) C or Pascal as the target
> 'machine' code -- but I feel that doesn't really make the story a
> credible one, even if it is a good way to prototype new languages.


> [Holub in his book used a machine-level subset of C, whish seemed to me
> to work pretty well.-John]


As a future compiler writer who just finished his first compilers course
this past winter quarter, I was extremely pleased with Holub's book. His
use of "machine-level subsest of C" looked was sufficient to create a
virtual machine environment, while allowing it to be portable to any C
compiler.


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