Re: Target machine for compiler course

andrewd@seldon.apanix.apana.org.au (Andrew Dunstan)
Sun, 5 Jun 1994 10:24:17 GMT

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From: andrewd@seldon.apanix.apana.org.au (Andrew Dunstan)
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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 10:24:17 GMT

Mike Spivey (Mike.Spivey@comlab.oxford.ac.uk) wrote:
: [what 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.


Why not try the DLX chip, invented by Hennessy and Patterson for their
book on Computer Architecture? There are simulators available,
including one running under X11, and it would dovetail nicely with a
course on architecture.


andrew dunstan
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