Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!adore2!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Martin Ward Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Compiler implementation language preference ? Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:51:11 +0000 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 22 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <18-12-009@comp.compilers> References: <5e1b3cd8-ad2a-d8f0-ec00-ed0a507b62f5@gkc.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="2951"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: tools, history Posted-Date: 21 Dec 2018 11:54:20 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2137 On 19/12/18 19:54, Aaron Gray wrote: > Pity there are no real compiler-compilers anymore, hint-hint, I am > working on one to rule them all ;) > > [Please don't say you've invented another UNCOL. -John] I may be wrong but read Aaron's message to mean that he is working on a domain specific language for writing compilers, in the style of Language Oriented Programming, rather than a universal intermediate program representation language, which is what UNCOL attempted to be. The original paper on Language Oriented Programming: http://www.gkc.org.uk/martin/papers/middle-out-t.pdf -- Martin Dr Martin Ward | Email: martin@gkc.org.uk | http://www.gkc.org.uk G.K.Chesterton site: http://www.gkc.org.uk/gkc | Erdos number: 4