Anthony Pace wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good mailing list for compiler design for newbies? > > I have books on it, and I know the basics of how to perform tokenization > and lexical analysis; yet, even with study and practise, I am most > likely going to be considering myself a newbie in the compiler design > realm for at least a few years. Keep in mind that my assembly is very > rudimentary, and my machine code is even worse
I did some compiler work for Borland, but that was 15 years ago or more. Anybody remember Borland's Fortran compiler? No? I thought not. I don't know of compiler mailing lists, but I can tell you that you probably don't need assembly or machine code. We did the Fortran compiler in C (not C++), with very little inline assembly code. I don't know of anybody who has done machine code for 20 years or more. It is truly obsolete unless you're writing for some proprietary hardware. There is a school of thought that you ought to be able to write a compiler in its own language. I.e., if you're writing a C++ compiler, you would write it in C++. I don't know if that would apply so well to ActionScript, though, because of its speed. I would probably choose a language that compiles to machine code, like C++, rather than a tokenized language--you want that extra speed boost in your primary tool. Cordially, Kerry Thompson _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
