new computer language with GCC

Eljay Love-Jensen eljay@adobe.com
Sat Mar 20 17:54:00 GMT 2004


Hello everyone,

I would like to try my hand at implementing a computer language in GCC.

The language is "lambda calculus brainf---".  Yes, "brainf---" is a dirty 
word.  And best of all, it's a VERY VERY SIMPLE language.  (Look it up in 
Google.  Amazingly terse.)

Does anyone know of a good "Idiot's Guide to Get Your Pet Programming 
Language Working With GCC As The Backend"?  An O'Reilly book or a HowTo URL?

I've been through the Compilers (Aho, Sethi, Ulman) "dragon" book.  I'd 
like to try my hand at the real thing.

I don't have any delusions that I'll be the next Niklaus Wirth.  I don't 
think anyone will be as prolific as he has been in formulating programming 
languages.

I could write a LCB --> C translator.  But that's a CFront kind of 
solution; I want to get some experience working with GCC.

Thanks,
--Eljay



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