Re: Compiler implementation language preference ?

From	Richard <portempa@aon.at>
Newsgroups	comp.compilers
Subject	Re: Compiler implementation language preference ?
Date	2018-11-10 15:06 +0100
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On 09.11.18 23:29, rockbrentwood@gmail.com wrote:

> A test of whether the language, itself, is worth using -- assuming it is a
> general purpose language -- is whether you'd be willing to write the compiler,
> itself, in it!

This does not prove anything about applicability of the language for
anything other than writing a similar compiler.

Richard
[Good point.  Compilers use a variety of data structures and recursive algorithms
so if you can write a compiler, it's likely an adequate systems language.  On
the other hand, IBM Fortran H was written in itself which only made sense because
the alternative was assembler. -John]

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