An implementation of a code generator specification language for table driven code generators

  • Authors:
  • Peter L. Bird

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer and Communication Sciences and Computing Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Venue:
  • SIGPLAN '82 Proceedings of the 1982 SIGPLAN symposium on Compiler construction
  • Year:
  • 1982

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Abstract

This paper discusses an implementation of Glanville's code generator generator for producing a code generator for a production Pascal compiler on an Amdahl 470. We successfully replaced the hand written code generator of an existing compiler with one which was produced automatically from a formal specification. This paper first outlines Glanville's original scheme, then describes extensions which were necessary for generating code for a production compiler.