X-FeedAbuse: http://nntpfeed.proxad.net/abuse.pl feeded by 88.191.16.109 Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.42!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!nospam.fr.eu.org!usenet-fr.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!news.glorb.com!usenet.stanford.edu!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Oleg Sesov Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Language Design Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:58:26 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 30 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <11-07-037@comp.compilers> References: <11-07-027@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: gal.iecc.com 1311545416 11793 64.57.183.58 (24 Jul 2011 22:10:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:10:16 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: design Posted-Date: 24 Jul 2011 18:10:16 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.compilers:213 On 19 P8QP;, 03:16, Billy Mays <81282ed9a88799d21e77957df2d84bd6514d9...@myhashismyemail.com> wrote: > I am trying to design a programming language for a simple processor > (16 bit, ~10 instructions, 16 registers). B I am not sure what a > language actually needs in order to be more useful than pure assembly, > but is also reasonable to implement. > > I had originally tried to make a RPN style language where the language > is purely stack based, but I realized it wouldn't be Turing complete. > I'd rather not just re implement C or other commonly used languages, > but I'm having a hard time coming up with something I'd actually want > to use. 10 instructions CPU is not very capable, however many compiler construction books contain examples of tiny language compilers targeting similar environment, so they might be used to start with. To name a few: http://ssw.jku.at/Coco/ Coco/R parser generator and book (older editions available on the web) contains pretty simple Taste compiler. http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/~louden/cmptext/ Compiler Construction by Kenneth C. Louden. Rather old, but still might be interesting. http://foja.dcs.fmph.uniba.sk/kompilatory/docs/compiler.pdf Compiler Construction using Flex and Bison by Anthony A. Aaby. and others.