Compiler Compiler Compiler

"Daniel C. Wang" <danwang+news@cs.princeton.edu>
22 Mar 2001 01:13:49 -0500

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From: "Daniel C. Wang" <danwang+news@cs.princeton.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 22 Mar 2001 01:13:49 -0500
Organization: Princeton University
Keywords: tools, question
Posted-Date: 22 Mar 2001 01:13:48 EST

Just curious, but has there been any research done on
parser-generators generators? i.e. some magic tool that will take a
specification of my favorite programming language and produce a yacc
like parser generator.


The first non-trivial thing anyone does when they invent a new
programming language seems to be rewriting yacc so they can bootstrap
their compiler. This sounds like a great master's thesis for
someone... :)
[Maybe I'm an old cynic, but that sounds to me like a way to appear busy
while delaying the start of the actual work. -John]




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