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Compiler Generators: What They Can Do, What They Might Do, and What They Will Probably Never Do

By Mads Tofte

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1990
ISBN
978-3-642-64857-1, 978-3-642-61504-7
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-61504-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3978149 bytes)
Series
EATCS Monographs on Theoretical Computer Science 19
Pages
147\147
Topic
Computers
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
CompilersInterpreters; Logics and Meanings of Programs; SofProgramming Languages

Description

The OrIgIn of this monograph is a course entitled "Semantics­ directed Compiler Generation" which Professor Neil D. Jones gave in 1982 at Copenhagen University, where I was a student at the time. In this course, he described a compiler generator, called CERES, which he was developing. I immediately felt attracted to the unusual combination of mathematical reasoning about com­ pilers and the small intricate building blocks that made up the running system. As I came to understand the system I discovered that within the existing mathematical framework one could express compiler generation as a special case of compilation; this led to a specification of a compiler generator which was bootstrapped on itself resulting in a machine-generated compiler generator. The purpose of this monograph is to describe the CERES system we produced in 1983-84 and compare it with other systems, includ­ ing more recent ones. Also, it is as relevant today as it was then to discuss the role of compiler generators as an aid in the design and implementation of programming languages; this I do in Chap. 5. This monograph is a strongly revised version of the cando scient.

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