Re: Teaching compilers and programming languages together...

Ehud Lamm <mslamm@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il>
Fri, 3 Feb 1995 17:43:20 GMT

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Newsgroups: comp.compilers
From: Ehud Lamm <mslamm@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il>
Keywords: courses
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 95-01-040 95-01-068
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 17:43:20 GMT

It is indeed a good question, wether it is a good idea to show
compilation and parsing techniques using features of unique programming
languages. SNOBOL and Icon for example give the programmer tools that may
help him craft a simple compiler fast - but these are not the general
methods usually taught.
Should we concentrate on the theory - teaching the general algorithms
from the Dragon book - or can we focus on relatively "fringe" approaches,
which may help the students grasp the beauty of compiling?


  Ehud Lamm mslamm@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
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