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Am 11.03.2018 um 15:08 schrieb Matt P. Dziubinski:
> On 3/11/2018 08:32, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>> A grammar can be used to *check* for valid sentences of a language, but
>> it also can be used to *create* valid sentences. For a pretty printer or
>> decompiler test I need a sentence generator for logical expressions. For
>> now the language can be restricted to AND, OR, variables and (kind of)
>> parentheses. Later on NOT and XOR can be added. RPN is one alternative
>> for the "kind of parentheses", eliminating the need for a specific
>> operator precedence.
>>
>> Now I'm looking for possible implementations of such a generator, in
>> addition to my own ideas. So far the output can be anything, e.g. source
>> code or machine code, or some tree (AST...).
>>
>> Any ideas or references to such projects?
>
> Hi!
>
> Csmith comes to mind: https://embed.cs.utah.edu/csmith/

Thanks for all the links :-)


> * "Effect-Driven QuickChecking of Compilers" (notably, the following
> goes substantially further than relying solely on the grammar grammar by
> making use of the type system -- more in the paper):
>
> Code (Effect-Driven Compiler Tester): https://github.com/jmid/efftester
> Paper: http://janmidtgaard.dk/papers/Midtgaard-al%3AICFP17-full.pdf
> Talk: https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/effect-driven-quickchecking-compilers

Here I'm absolutely lost with the notation :-(

DoDi

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Parser Reversed Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@netscape.net> - 2018-03-11 08:32 +0100
  Re: Parser Reversed "Matt P. Dziubinski" <matdzb@gmail.com> - 2018-03-11 15:08 +0100
    Re: Parser Reversed Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@netscape.net> - 2018-03-13 11:23 +0100
  Re: Parser Reversed Kaz Kylheku <157-073-9834@kylheku.com> - 2018-03-12 21:00 +0000
    Re: Parser Reversed Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@netscape.net> - 2018-03-13 12:21 +0100

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