Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Volker Birk Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Need an interesting topic for an undergraduate project on Compilers Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:02:01 +0000 (UTC) Organization: [ posted via ] IN-Ulm Lines: 19 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <11-08-033@comp.compilers> References: <11-08-006@comp.compilers> <11-08-007@comp.compilers> <11-08-029@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: gal.iecc.com 1314797620 46290 64.57.183.58 (31 Aug 2011 13:33:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:33:40 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: translator, C Posted-Date: 31 Aug 2011 09:33:40 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:250 Joe keane wrote: > Volker Birk writes: >>If you want to compile a programming language to assembler code > I'm not sure why anyone would want to do this; if you have another > language you can convert it to C code, and concentrate on what you are > doing. If you find that the C->assembly step can be improved that is > also useful. Well, for example in a C compiler ;-) If we're talking about compiling to machine code today, usually we're using a framework like GCC or LLVM anyways. Yours, VB. -- Wenn Du fC