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Implementing Programming Languages. An Introduction to Compilers and Interpreters (Paperback, New)
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Implementing Programming Languages. An Introduction to Compilers and Interpreters (Paperback, New)
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Implementing a programming language means bridging the gap from the
programmer's high-level thinking to the machine's zeros and ones.
If this is done in an efficient and reliable way, programmers can
concentrate on the actual problems they have to solve, rather than
on the details of machines. But understanding the whole chain from
languages to machines is still an essential part of the training of
any serious programmer. It will result in a more competent
programmer, who will moreover be able to develop new languages. A
new language is often the best way to solve a problem, and less
difficult than it may sound. This book follows a theory-based
practical approach, where theoretical models serve as blueprint for
actual coding. The reader is guided to build compilers and
interpreters in a well-understood and scalable way. The solutions
are moreover portable to different implementation languages. Much
of the actual code is automatically generated from a grammar of the
language, by using the BNF Converter tool. The rest can be written
in Haskell or Java, for which the book gives detailed guidance, but
with some adaptation also in C, C]+, C#, or OCaml, which are
supported by the BNF Converter. The main focus of the book is on
standard imperative and functional languages: a subset of C++ and a
subset of Haskell are the source languages, and Java Virtual
Machine is the main target. Simple Intel x86 native code
compilation is shown to complete the chain from language to
machine. The last chapter leaves the standard paths and explores
the space of language design ranging from minimal Turing-complete
languages to human-computer interaction in natural language.
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