compiler compiler meaning
[Computer]
A utility to generate the source code of a parser, interpreter or compiler from an annotated language description (usually in BNF). Most so called compiler-compilers are really just parser generators.
Examples are Bison, Eli, FSL, META 5, MUG2, Parsley, Pre-cc, Yacc.
A utility to generate the source code of a parser, interpreter or compiler from an annotated language description (usually in BNF). Most so called compiler-compilers are really just parser generators.
Examples are Bison, Eli, FSL, META 5, MUG2, Parsley, Pre-cc, Yacc.
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Examples
More: Next- yacc : yet another compiler compiler
- Operator precedence parsers are also embedded within compiler compiler-generated parsers to noticeably speed up the recursive descent approach to expression parsing.
- It is almost certain that the " Compiler Compiler " name has entered common use due to Yacc rather than Brooker's work being remembered.
- The style of parser used in the Compiler Compiler was in use continuously at Edinburgh from the 60's until almost the turn of the millennium.
- Earley parsers in particular have been used in compiler compilers where their ability to parse using arbitrary Context-free grammars eases the task of writing the grammar for a particular language.
