On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Matt Fowles <[email protected]> wrote:
> Given that you are generating code, do you generate java directly or > generate an AST? >From an AST, I suppose is the right answer. But it's a Lisp-family language, so the surface syntax is already a tree -- I just keep transforming the tree until its semantics are those of Java. > If you generate an AST, do you unparse that into java and run javac on it or > do you generate bytecode directly from it? I generate Java from it. Javac is certainly appropriate, though one could use gcj or janino, too. (No generics in the generated code.) > If you generate bytecode directly from it, what library or libraries do you > use? N/A -- GMail doesn't have rotating .sigs, but you can see mine at http://www.ccil.org/~cowan/signatures --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JVM Languages" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jvm-languages?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
