Re: How to write an interpreter?

From	"Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.misc
Subject	Re: How to write an interpreter?
Date	2013-06-26 12:39 +0000
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Peter Percival wrote:

> Excuse me ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to write a Basic interpreter.
> I have in mind old-style Basic such as is described in
>
>    Basic programming, Kemeny & Kurtz, Wiley, 1967 (!)
>
> Any suggestions of what I might read?

Depends. I'd suggest reading through Jack Crenshaw's "Let's Build a 
Compiler" tutorials:

  http://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/

Part 4 discusses interpreters, but you'll probably want to start from the 
beginning. It's not BASIC, and doesn't resemble it in any way, but it can be 
really helpful.

-- 
What a great excuse you use for ducking the question.

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