files@willett.UUCP (Mailed File Repository) (12/20/89)
Date: 12-18-89 (08:54) Number: 1466 To: IAN GREEN Refer#: 1452 From: CHRIS SMITH Read: NO Subj: 'C' TO FORTH TRANSLATOR Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE I have been looking at AWK interpreters too. Far away the 'best' for my situation is Robb Duff's version. (You can get it from his board at 604 251-1816 (Duffleboard)). Its main plus is that it's YACC based which makes it easy to extend the sytax. Its major minus is that it is rather slow. I'm more concerned about conventional programming than pattern matching. It seemed interesting to write the application in Forth and provide a C type interpreter. That way I could 'drop' into the 4th 'assembler' level as needed. Interfacing AWK to the rest of the package would be rather tough. In any event, please let me know what you uncover. I've come across a few PD C compilers, including a very good 68K one. ------------
GEnie@willett.UUCP (ForthNet articles from GEnie) (12/21/89)
Date: 12-19-89 (14:37) Number: 1475
To: CHRIS SMITH Refer#: 1466
From: IAN GREEN Read: NO
Subj: 'C' TO FORTH TRANSLATOR Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Thanks for the reference to that implementation of AWK. I will go
look up Mr. Duff and see what he can offer. I have been fiddling around
with this sort of stuff in the hopes that I can implement a superior
script interpreter for my comm program. At the same time I am studying
compilers etc. in an attempt to expend my understanding of formal
language translation as it applies to computers. It should keep me busy.
NET/Mail : British Columbia Forth Board - Burnaby BC - (604)434-5886
-----
This message came from GEnie via willett through a semi-automated program.
Report problems to: 'uunet!willett!dwp' or 'willett!dwp@gateway.sei.cmu.edu'