Have you looked at Ni? (I only read about it) http://goran.krampe.se/2015/09/16/ni-a-strange-little-language/
cheers -ben On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 at 03:45, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Thierry , that was exactly what i was looking for :) > > On the subject of syntax, StrongTalk looks far more advanced compared to > what I am aiming which is basically writting C code with Smalltalk like > syntax. I am looking at this > > http://bracha.org/nwst.html > > Which describes some really impressive features. So I am aiming only for > source to source compiler and not implementation of complex systems for > incremental compilations , optional type system etc. > > On parsing strange code that is not much of an issue cause the project I > am working on has pretty reasonable code and will probably offer a way to > inline c code in case the parser fail. In any case my goals are small , > cause I dont have resources for complex implementations. Its also a > language that will be designed solely for my needs and be offered open > source for anyone else that may find it useful. In any case I am sure I > will have many questions to ask :) > > I was looking into ANTLR , since the book I am reading on language design > is using ANTLR but I rather implement this in Pharo. I used SmaCC when I > was working for my Python bridge and I really liked it , mostly because it > offers ready made syntax definitions for most popular languages. Which > makes my life a lot easier. > > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 9:45 PM Thierry Goubier <thierry.goub...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Dimitris, >> >> Le 16/10/2018 à 19:39, Dimitris Chloupis a écrit : >> > yes i already said that i followed the instructions in the github repo >> >> Yes, by default that installation of SmaCC does not load all parsers >> (some of them are fairly large). However, most of them are in the >> downloaded repository, so you can load them independently. >> >> Otherwise, loading that way, should load everything: >> >> Metacello new >> baseline: 'SmaCC'; >> repository: 'github://SmaCCRefactoring/SmaCC'; >> load: #('Tools' 'Examples' 'Examples-Extra') >> >> Regarding your language question, I'd suggest two things: >> >> - Look at StrongTalk for a way to write Smalltalk with type >> declarations... >> >> - C parsers able to parse most strange C code one may encounter takes >> some work... >> >> Regards, >> >> Thierry >> >> > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 8:18 PM H. Hirzel <hannes.hir...@gmail.com >> > <mailto:hannes.hir...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > >> > Refers to >> > https://github.com/SmaCCRefactoring/SmaCC >> > >> > which says >> > >> > This is the port for Smalltalk/Pharo 1.3, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. >> > >> > >> > Installing a Development version of Pharo for the latest Pharo (with >> > no guarantees): >> > >> > Metacello new >> > baseline: 'SmaCC'; >> > repository: 'github://SmaCCRefactoring/SmaCC'; >> > load >> > >> > On 10/16/18, H. Hirzel <hannes.hir...@gmail.com >> > <mailto:hannes.hir...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > > What about trying >> > > >> > > >> > > Metacello new >> > > baseline: 'SmaCC'; >> > > repository: 'github://ThierryGoubier/SmaCC'; >> > > load >> > > >> > > This worked in Pharo 6.1 in November 2017 >> > > >> > > On 10/16/18, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com >> > <mailto:kilon.al...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > >> thanks for the info Peter , will give it a try :) >> > >> >> > >> On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 7:35 PM PBKResearch >> > <pe...@pbkresearch.co.uk <mailto:pe...@pbkresearch.co.uk>> >> > >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> Dimitris >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> If you download the latest Moose Suite 6.1, you will have Pharo >> > 6.1 with >> > >>> lots of extra packages, including SmaCC. The SmaCC includes >> > compilers >> > >>> for >> > >>> C, Smalltalk and Java, among others, but with little or no >> > >>> documentation. >> > >>> I >> > >>> am not a SmaCC expert, so I can’t say whether it will do what >> > you want, >> > >>> but >> > >>> at least it will give you a start. Moose also includes >> > PetitParser and >> > >>> PP2,if you want to try other parsing approaches. Of course, the >> > Windows >> > >>> version is 32-bit only, for reasons explained elsewhere in this >> > thread. >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> HTH >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> Peter Kenny >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> *From:* Pharo-users <pharo-users-boun...@lists.pharo.org >> > <mailto:pharo-users-boun...@lists.pharo.org>> *On Behalf Of >> > >>> *Dimitris >> > >>> Chloupis >> > >>> *Sent:* 16 October 2018 15:40 >> > >>> *To:* Any question about pharo is welcome >> > <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org <mailto:pharo-users@lists.pharo.org>> >> > >>> *Subject:* [Pharo-users] Installing SmaCC >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> Hey guys >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> I downloaded the latest Pharo 6.1 64bit for Windows and tried >> > to install >> > >>> SmaCC through the catalog browser but it failed >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> I did manage to install it following the instruction in the >> > github repo >> > >>> but I see that I am missing most parser packages. >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> The languages I am interested are Smalltalk (which is included) >> > and C >> > >>> (if >> > >>> possible C++ too) cause I will be creating a new language which >> > will be >> > >>> a >> > >>> cross between C and Smalltalk (very similar to smalltalk syntax >> > but with >> > >>> the addtion of C types and no GC and dynamic typing and also a >> > partial >> > >>> implementation of OOP that is quite diffirent). My goal is >> > compilation >> > >>> of >> > >>> my language to readable C code so the ability to parse also >> > existing C >> > >>> code >> > >>> is needed. >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> Any help is greatly appreciated , thanks :) >> > >>> >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >> >>
