Re: Absolute beginner - Need some pointers

Soeren Sandmann <sandmann@daimi.au.dk>
07 Mar 2008 23:39:01 +0100

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From: Soeren Sandmann <sandmann@daimi.au.dk>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 07 Mar 2008 23:39:01 +0100
Organization: University of Aarhus, Department of Computer Science (DAIMI)
References: 08-02-091
Keywords: interpreter
Posted-Date: 08 Mar 2008 10:57:49 EST

NickCarlson <nacarlson@gmail.com> writes:


> [Unless you plan to save the bytecode to a file and reload it later,
> it's easier just to interpret the trees. -John]


Things like "goto", "break" or "continue" can be pretty difficult to
implement in a recursive tree-walking interpreter. I have found it
simpler to generate a goto-graph, then walk that.


Soren


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