Mattias Andersson wrote:
> >> Well, a lot of compilers are dependent on existing compiler > >> generators > > > > So what? They already have a compiler. Converting that to Delphi > > should not require the generation of a new one by a compiler > > generator. > > I was not making any claims about "converting to Delphi". I was > simply responding to your assertion that there is no dependency > between the compiler and the compiler generator.
I never claimed anything like that. I merely said they didn't need any, since they already have a functioning compiler.
> > Which compilers are actually dependent on existing compiler > > generators? > > If you want to change the grammar of the language then this requires > you to recreate the shift/reduce tables of the parser.
I know what a compiler generator does.
I meant: give me examples of existing, widely used compilers that were generated with the aid of a compiler generator. -- Rudy Velthuis (TeamB) http://www.teamb.com
Law Of Continuity: Experiments should be reproducible. They should all fail in the same way.