Questions tagged [compiler]
For reviews of code which implements any part of a compiler - lexing, parsing, code generation and optimization, etc. Also for any plugin for an existing compiler. Don't use this tag for code which is input to a compiler - tag it with the correct language instead.
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Mac M1 .BF Compiler in Rust
I'm writing a brainfuck compiler in rust, that takes brainfuck instructions and converts them to a very basic assembly form, and then compiles that into binary, if you are not familiar with brainfuck ...
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Extensible typing system for a strongly-typed DSL
I recently finished cleaning up my code in a compiler/interpreter for a strongly-typed domain-specific language, which makes use of three sorts of types:
Compile-time enumerated types: Have one of a ...
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Programming Language Source Lexer
I have a lexer (program that turns source code into tokens) written in Go that I am re-writing in Rust.
The lexer should take in a sequence of tokens, generally different special characters, integers, ...
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Top-down parser for arithmetic expressions
Here is a JS parser for a simple language we use at work.
For now it can only parse arithmetic expressions.
I would like to make sure I am on the right track before starting with the other constructs, ...
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Assembler made in assembly
I made an assembler for the "hack" assembly language, here's an example of what it looks like:
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Call-flow graph from Python abstract syntax tree
Below is my code for building a call-flow graph from a Python abstract syntax tree. I'm not satisfied with it because the algorithm is very complicated. Perhaps much more complicated than it needs to ...
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Extremely simple virtual machine in Rust
I wrote a very simple VM to get a bit more familiar with Rust. The VM architecture was not the focus, so that I think that can safely ignored. Is my code idiomatic and clean? I felt that I was very ...
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A Brainfuck compiler that creates a small x86_64 Linux executable from scratch
This program compiles Brainfuck source code to an x86_64 ELF executable. It doesn't rely on any backend, just raw binary stream to a functional executable.
In the implementation, each cell holds an 8-...
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Implement kleptography in Python
I'm new here, therefore I hope to be clear in this question. Firstly, I want to underline that I'm not a programmer, and I attended only a beginner course in Python, but I like to solve problems ...
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AEC-to-WebAssembly compiler in C++
Now that my new compiler is capable of compiling programs such as the Analog Clock in AEC, I've decided to share the code of that compiler with you, to see what you think about it.
File ...
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Is possible to use script for dependencies in c++?
I wanted to make a script that would parse a main file (with int main()) look in its #include "..." local headers, and ...
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Sierpinski Triangle in AEC
So, I've tried to extend my compiler so that it can target GNU Assembler. And I've made a simple program to demonstrate that.
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implementing lexical, syntatic and semantic analysis
My program , developed with C using win_flex , implements lexical, syntatic and semantic analysis , given defined grammar rules.
I would like to know if you any suggestion for improving or ...
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Pascal's Triangle in AEC
So, I am trying to make people interested in my compiler project (in the early stages of development) by making some simple and clear programs in my programming language. Here is my implementation of ...
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Simple BASIC to Simpletron Machine Language compiler in C
I implemented a compiler that compiles a dialect of BASIC known as SimpleBASIC into Simpletron Machine Language to be run by the Simpletron simulator.
I wrote the manual for the SimpleBASIC compiler ...
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Brainfuck NASM compiler in Clojure
I've made a simple brainfuck compiler, I feel like my code is unreadable and messy, how can I improve it?
src/core.clj
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Is this a good way to write a lexer?
I don't know whether if this is the right place to ask this.
I am semi-beginner in C. I always wanted to build my own Programming Language. Here I have built a lexical analyser completely myself. ...
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Scripting language with generic classes
I am creating a dialect of ActionScript 3.0 and now have a working verifier, or “symbol solving” verifier. The language upgrades ActionScript 3.0 with few operators, light syntax facilities, numeric ...
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C++ Building Parse Tree with Boost and Modern C++
I am writing a parser. To build up the tree, I need to find the correct type for my node based on text from my language input file. Right now, I have a map from a string (the node name) to a factory ...
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State machine translates text into executable python code [v2]
A few days ago I started writing my own compiler-like program which has the goal to compile plain text into executable python code. After I let my first version review here, I made huge changes to the ...
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Heavily limited premature compiler translates text into excecutable python code
My goal is to write a smaller compiler-like program, which allows me to draw geometric shapes into a 3D Diagram. There is no need for turing-completeness and the program should only be viewed as an ...
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Lexer for C++ in python
I wrote a simple C++ lexer in python. Although it already works but I kinda feel I didn't follow the pythonic way. Any suggestion for improvements?
Sample C++ Code
Sample output
Here's my code:
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Compiling and throwing simple dynamic exceptions at runtime for JVM
I've been using my Dynamic Exception with C# for quite some time already and it saved me a lot of time. This means, I don't have to create a new exception ...
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Program that generates brainfuck code that outputs given text
I created program that generates brainfuck code that outputs given text.
Arguments for the program are input file with the text and ...
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Jack compiler in C
I have been doing projects from the book The Elements of Computing Systems. Under the scope of project 10 and project 11, I had to implement a compiler for a (toy) programming language called Jack (...
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Python command line tool for compiling py files to exec files on Mac
When I used to use a PC I was familiar with py2exe, the mac equivalent I saw most people talking about was py2app — which compiles python to .app files, not .exec files. I was familiar with compiling ...
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Brainfreeze: A Brainfuck compiler in C
BrainFreeze
This is my implementation of a brainfuck compiler in C. The instruction to build/run the project (GitHub repo) can be found here.
I am first converting the brainfuck source to x86 ...
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Parser for simple esoteric language in Rust
I am writing a compiler for esoteric language as one of my first Rust projects. I am using rust-pest to generate a parser. Since I'm new in Rust, code review would be great.
Full source code can be ...
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Brainfuck to NASM compiler in Haskell
After reading this article on writing a Brainfuck interpreter in Haskell and achieving awful performance with it (for example, mandelbrot generating 37.5 minutes on an old Intel Atom powered laptop) I'...
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Creating a new language: FreezeFlame
Where it shines
FreezeFlame shines in readibility while still maintaining most of the C-like syntax. It also implements a few (Planning on several) operators that are still in testing for other ...
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Brainfuck to Python compiler
So this is (I think) a premiere for python. A function that translates brainfuck code to python code. It does a few optimizations (It chains +,...
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cmake for a toy programming language
I have very little experience with cmake, this is really the first time I used it for a project. In the past I used some ...
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Implementation of the Hindley-Milner type system (with evaluation, without type inference) as a library for use in compilers
I've written an implementation of the Hindley-Milner type system as a "Core" language for use in writing compilers of typed functional languages. This is meant to be used as a library by compilers of ...
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Simple C99 Lexer
I'm building a compiler for fun, and this is my first pass at the lexer for it. It should handle all tokens for C99, with the exception of the preprocessor tokens. It's very minimal, only grabbing the ...
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Programming language lexer in Rust
I'm working through Crafting Interpreters and trying to apply what I've learned in Rust. I've got the lexer working in what feels like a reasonably idiomatic way (hooray!), but I have a feeling it ...
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Assigning names to unnamed labels
I'm working on a compiler. During the final stage I will get a collection of Lines.
This is the method that takes the Lines and ...
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Make compiler obfuscate strings
I'm looking at a task to obfuscate strings in my application like URLs, paths and queries at compile time. This is not for encrypting ...
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CodeWars - Three-pass compiler for arithmetic expressions
I'm looking for feedback on my solution to the Tiny Three-Pass Compiler kata on CodeWars. The kata is to implement a compiler for an arithmetic language in three passes - parsing to an AST, constant ...
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Type System library
I would like some reviews of my Type system library in Golang that I am building for a compiler project.
Here are external links to the versioned source files,
types.go
builtins.go
The first file:
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Creating data objects dynamically at runtime from an interface
Sometimes when I write objects for holding data (not real DTOs, no serialization involved) I also create an interface for it. The class that implements it can also perform some null checks. I don't ...
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Compiling and throwing simple dynamic exceptions at runtime
I often need a simple exception with a meaningful name and some helpful message which usually just looks like this one:
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Python basic arithmetic compiler
I am attempting to follow the "Let's build a compiler" tutorials, in order to build a basic language compiler for a custom assembly language.
Currently the specs of my compiler are:
Accepts a ...
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Building abstract syntax tree for markargs
Roadmap
I'm trying to follow usual compiler design:
Lexical analysis (1, 2)
Syntactical analysis <---- you're here
Semantic analysis
User input
Code generation + execution
Background
I think I ...
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PEG.js grammar for a simple programming language
I'm trying my hand at developing a compiler and have written a peg.js grammar for a simple programming language. A sneak peak at the grammar:
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Compiler Tokenizer implementation in C# - follow-up
I have posted this question 2 days ago and got amazing feedback on it.
Hands back to the keyboard, I believe I took the suggestions into account and improved the classes drastically. In this question,...
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Compiler Tokenizer implementation in C#
I'm writing a compiler for a couple of months now, this is the tokenization part of the lexer.
I would like a code review to improve my coding style and learn new techniques to pretty up my code and ...
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Adding numbers of any type
I'm writing an interpreter, and I'm designing the abstract syntax tree currently. Right now, I'm trying to figure out a way to add (or do other operations with) two ...
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Brainfuck to x86 Assembly Compiler
After my Brainfuck Interpreter written in x86 Assembly I decided that it was time to get to the next step, writing a Brainfuck Compiler in Java that generates x86 Assembly and compiles that to an ...
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Assembler for CPU
I recently put together an assembler for a CPU I designed. I'm looking for feedback on my program structure, formatting, or anything else. I'm self taught on all of this so I don't have opportunities ...
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Logic Prolog compiler
I'm actually doing my own Prolog compiler just like SWISH one with Java. Prolog is a logic language that is particularly suited to programs that involve symbolic or non-numeric computation. Prolog ...
