-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Johannes,
Hans-Wolfgang Loidl and I have given a course on compiler construction using Andrew Appel's book. There was free choice of the implementation language, and we had Java (2 teams and Hans-Wolfgang), python (one team), and Haskell (me). http://www.tcs.ifi.lmu.de/lehre/WS07-08/Compiler/schedule.html (German) I found Haskell very pleasent to use. However, one traversal of the abstract syntax tree did not suffice to generate Intel code. We used an intermediate language on which one can perform optimizations, a greedy instruction selector, and then liveness analysis and graph coloring for register allocation. We developed some tools to support the compiler development, such as an interpreter for the intermediate language and one for a relevant subset of the 386 assembly language (all programmed in Haskell). Cheers, Andreas Johannes Waldmann wrote: > Hello. > > I plan to give a course in compiler construction, > using Haskell as the implementation language > (not as source or target language). > > Something along these lines: > 1. combinator parsers (Parsec), > 2. simple interpreter (arithmetical expressions) > 3. add algebraic data types, functions > 4. type checker > 5. code generator. > Ideally, 2..5 would be using the very same tree traversal code > and just change the monad for evaluation. > > Any comments appreciated. Have you given such a course? Taken? > > If I really decide to do it, > then slides (in German) will be made available. > > Best regards, J.W. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell mailing list > Haskell@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell - -- Andreas Abel <>< Du bist der geliebte Mensch. Theoretical Computer Science, University of Munich http://www.tcs.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/~abel/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIuvmMPMHaDxpUpLMRAuPSAJwMsgSyBGVxC70Gj47EWxmsb1EYXwCg2HFl HD5fFSn3LatfBPCztguZ+tg= =/5lz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
