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An APL Compiler

By Timothy Budd (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
1988
ISBN
978-0-387-96643-4, 978-1-4612-3806-5
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-3806-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4863958 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
156\156
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
CompilersInterpretersProgramming Languages

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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