From: Daniel Parnell (daniel_at_automagic-software.com)
Date: Fri May 21 2004 - 14:59:02 PDT
G'day All,
writing a compiler is a little different to writing a scripting
language.
Having written a couple of both in the past, I can say that using the
lex/yacc combination is really doing things the hard way.
There are more modern tools available that make the process a lot more
enjoyable.
I would recommend taking a look at SableCC (http://www.sablecc.org/) as
it does a lot of the grunt work for you, allowing you to concentrate on
writing your compiler (or interpreter).
I've been toying with the idea of making a NewtonScript compiler for a
while now myself, but unfortunately at the moment I have no time to
actually work on one :(
Daniel
On 21/05/2004, at 11:43 PM, Zachery Bir wrote:
> On May 21, 2004, at 7:15 AM, Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote:
>
>> I found on flipcode.com at http://www.flipcode.com/tutorials.shtml a
>> tutorial on implementing a scripting language, and while it's
>> orientated
>> towards games developers looking to add a scripting engine to thier
>> games, it does introduce the basics of writing a compiler for a
>> bytecode
>> interpreted language (lex/flex, yacc/bison etc)
>
> Scot,
>
> That's great! Thanks. I'll be soaking it all up.
>
> Zac
>
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