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- From: jvn@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Julian V. Noble)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
- Subject: Re: Easy Extension Language Wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.231505.13172@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 23:15:05 GMT
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- Dear Mathias,
-
- Smallest language I know, therefore easiest to write a compiler for, is Forth.
- If you insist on writing the main app in C or C++, there are several Forth's
- written in C, which gives extreme portability. Also a recent book by Smith
- (I forget 1st name) called "Write your own compiler in C++" includes a disk
- with code for producing a --you're way ahead of me!!-- Forth interpreter. I
- don't know any specifically C++ features that are required for this, i.e.
- you ought to be able to translate to plain C if necessary.
-
- --jvn
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