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USENIX 2004 Annual Technical Conference, FREENIX Track — Abstract
Pp. 103–113 of the Proceedings
Creating a Portable Programming Language Using Open Source Software
Andreas Bauer, Technische Universität München
Abstract
On a first glance, the field of compiler construction and
programming language design may not seem to have experienced major
innovations over the last decade. By now, it is almost common
knowledge how a lexer works, how parsing is done, but not many have
yet realized how Open Source software - and in particular the GNU
Compiler Collection - have silently offered language implementors new
and better ways to do their job. Therefore, this paper describes the
novel advantages Open Source software provides and, furthermore, it
illustrates these with practical examples showing how the presented
concepts can be put into practice. Another important contribution of
this paper is to give an overview over the existing limitations and
the technical problems that can occur when creating an Open Source
based programming language implementation.
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