Re: Compiler implementation language preference ?

From	Aaron Gray <aaronngray@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.compilers
Subject	Re: Compiler implementation language preference ?
Date	2018-12-19 11:54 -0800
Organization	Compilers Central
Message-ID	<18-12-007@comp.compilers> (permalink)
References	<18-05-009@comp.compilers>

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On Tuesday, 22 May 2018 18:39:07 UTC+1, Michael Justice  wrote:
> Is there any preference to writing a compiler in say c instead of say
> java, fortran, basic etc? ...

> [Mostly people use what they're used to, or in languages that are easy
> to bootstrap on the machines they want to use.  IBM's Fortran H
> compiler was famously written in itself, but I wouldn't write a new
> compiler in Fortran because it doesn't have great data structuring or
> dynamic storage management.  (Yes, I know that Fortran 2008 is a lot
> different from Fortran 66.) -John]

Pity there are no real compiler-compilers anymore, hint-hint, I am working on one to rule them all ;)

Aaron Gray
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[Please don't say you've invented another UNCOL. -John]

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  Re: Compiler implementation language preference ? Nick <ibeam2000@gmail.com> - 2018-11-13 02:14 -0800
  Re: Compiler implementation language preference ? Aaron Gray <aaronngray@gmail.com> - 2018-12-19 11:54 -0800
    Re: Compiler implementation language preference ? steve kargl <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2018-12-19 23:19 +0000
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