Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!feed.news.qwest.net!mpls-nntp-03.inet.qwest.net!news.glorb.com!news.litech.org!news.lightlink.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22C=2E_Bergstr=F6m=22?= Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Need an interesting topic for an undergraduate project on Compilers Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:38:35 +0700 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 22 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <11-09-005@comp.compilers> References: <11-08-006@comp.compilers> <11-08-007@comp.compilers> <11-08-029@comp.compilers> <11-08-030@comp.compilers> <11-09-003@comp.compilers> <11-09-004@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: gal.iecc.com 1315089368 77232 64.57.183.58 (3 Sep 2011 22:36:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 22:36:08 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: courses, C, tools Posted-Date: 03 Sep 2011 18:36:08 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:255 On 09/ 3/11 12:43 PM, Philip Herron wrote: > I would recommend the experience of implementing a front-end in GCC > its a great area to start implementing a language and you can > concentrate on more specificity what you want to do. (I personally think this comment above is absurd) For c or c-like languages clang is a great place to start. http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html http://clang.llvm.org/comparison.html#gcc LLVM isn't my preferred choice for compiler backend, but does have a fairly low entry point for new engineers. I apologize if this seems like a typical post of my editor is better than yours Best, ./C @CTOPathScale