zerr@math.wisc.edu (Troy Zerr) (02/19/90)
Has anyone heard of a version of lex, yacc or similar compiler-building tools? I'm writing a compiler in Modula-2 and I'd rather keep the whole thing in Modula-2 rather than linking in a bunch of C code. Thanks a lot. Troy Zerr Univ. of Wisconsin Dept. of Math.
reid@CTC.CONTEL.COM (Tom Reid x4505) (02/19/90)
>Has anyone heard of a version of lex, yacc or similar compiler-building >tools? I'm writing a compiler in Modula-2 and I'd rather keep the >whole thing in Modula-2 rather than linking in a bunch of C code. > >Thanks a lot. > >Troy Zerr >Univ. of Wisconsin >Dept. of Math. > Please excuse my posting this to the whole net but messages kept bouncing because the computer "SPEEDY" in the original posting wasn't found. I have a translator writer system that is usable but still needs lots of work and documentation. It is not yacc/lex-like. It is EBNF, attributed grammar, recursive descent with the ability to define attributes and imports so the complete parser module can be generated. It is written in FST m-2 for the pc. It is still a month or more (I am doing this at night and weekends) away from being ready for prime time. Let me know what you`re timing is. Tom. Thomas F. Reid, Ph. D. (703)818-4505 (work) Contel Technology Center (703)742-8720 (home) 15000 Conference Center Blv Net: reid@ctc.contel.com P.O. Box 10814 Chantilly, Va. 22021-3038
MARK@UCF1VM.BITNET (Mark Woodruff) (02/20/90)
In article <4314@daffy.cs.wisc.edu>, Troy Zerr <daffy!rt13.cs.wisc.edu!zerr@SPEEDY.WISC.EDU> says: > >Has anyone heard of a version of lex, yacc or similar compiler-building >tools? I'm writing a compiler in Modula-2 and I'd rather keep the >whole thing in Modula-2 rather than linking in a bunch of C code. > >Thanks a lot. > >Troy Zerr Well the managerial consultant at the company where I used to work wrote a version of Yacc in Turbo Prolog... Seriously, translating the output of Yacc to any language (I've translated it to both Rexx and 370 Assembly) automatically is quite easy. The combination of translated Yacc output and M2 might work nicely for you. mark
steve@robobar.co.uk (Steve Bleazard) (02/20/90)
In article <4314@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> zerr@math.wisc.edu (Troy Zerr) writes: > Has anyone heard of a version of lex, yacc or similar compiler-building > tools? I'm writing a compiler in Modula-2 and I'd rather keep the > whole thing in Modula-2 rather than linking in a bunch of C code. > The Book 'A Compiler Generator For Microcomputers' by P Rechenberg and H Mossenbock (Prentice Hall 1989, ISBN 0-13-155136) presents Coco an LL(1) parser generator. The book includes a complete listing of the Coco source code. A machine readable version may be available for the IBM-PC from the publishers. I believe that Lee McLoughlin <lmjm@doc.ic.ac.uk> has modified standard YACC to produce Modula-2, contact him directly for more details. -- Steve.Bleazard@RoboBar.Co.Uk | Phone: +44 1 991 1142 x153 Snr Software Engineer, Robobar Ltd. | Fax: +44 1 998 8343 (G3) 22 Wadsworth Road, Perivale. | Middx., UB6 7JD ENGLAND. |
crocker@UUNET.UU.NET (Bennett Crocker) (02/21/90)
Tom, I'm always interested in parser generators; yours sounds pretty nifty. Would you please put me on your list? Thanks! Ben Crocker Multiuflow Computer, Inc. 31 Business Park Drive Branford, CT 06405 (@03) 488-6090
reid@CTC.CONTEL.COM (Tom Reid x4505) (02/21/90)
Will do. It will be a while before I want to let people in on my bad coding habits. I'll let you know when its ready. Tom.
UK4H@DKAUNI2.BITNET ("JAE ", Juergen A. Erhard) (02/22/90)
This is to Tom Reid and to all of you...
to Tom: I also am interested in compiler-writing tools. Yours too, of
course.
to All: Isn't this a topic of general interest. Means that follow-ups
should *really* go to the list, I think. (I never would have known
about Tom's tools had he (as intended) written to Troy directly and
not, as happened, via the list)
So I call on each and every one of you: Who's got compiler-writing
tools/aids (be it yacc,bison or whatever) that create M2 source?
Post to the list, please (see above)
-jae
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