Rudy Velthuis (TeamB) wrote:
> Mattias Andersson wrote: > >>> 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.
Of course you do. It's the one that produce the chassis, before they are mounted. <g>
> I meant: give me examples of existing, widely used compilers that were > generated with the aid of a compiler generator.
have learned how to use a compiler generator and most probably not how to write it by hand. My guess would be that the vast majority of compilers are dependent on a compiler generator, but I don't have the statistics to either confirm or refute this.
Mattias