Discussion of Technical Aspects of Compiler Generation

  • Mads Tofte
Part of the EATCS book series (EATCS, volume 19)

Abstract

While in Chaps. 2 and 3 we mainly wanted to present ideas, our aim is now to discuss ideas. We shall discuss a few selected, but basic, technical problems which are relevant to the compiler generator constructor. They are:
  1. (1)

    To what extent can compilation be expressed by homomorphisms, and to what extent can algebra be of help to compiler generator constructors?

     
  2. (2)

    What is a good semantic language?

     
  3. (3)

    Interface problems: in the big gap between a realistic source language and a realistic target language, what should be filled in by the compiler generator and what should be filled in by its user?

     

Keywords

Target Language Abstract Syntax Source Language Source Program Denotational Semantic 
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mads Tofte
    • 1
  1. 1.Dept. of Computer ScienceUniversity of NigeriaNsukkaNigeria

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