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An APL Compiler

By Timothy Budd

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1987
ISBN
0387966439, 9780387966434
LCC
QA76.73.A27 B83 1988
Open Library ID
OL2398561M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
887 kB (908149 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
167\167
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Presents the results of an investigation into the issues raised by the development of a compiler for APL, a very high level computer programming language. APL presents a number of novel problems for a compiler writer: weak variable typing, run time changes in variable shape, and a host of primitive operations. Through the integration of several recently developed compiler construction techniques, such as data flow analysis, and a novel and space efficient demand driven or lazy evaluation approach to code generation, the author has been able to produce a true compiler for the language while still maintaining the felxibility and ease that are the hallmarks of APL.

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