[antlr-interest] C to assembler compiler

[Micheal J]

> I am taking a course in compilers this year. The practical 
> part of the exam was to implement a compiler which translates 
> C source code to assembler. The C is a very very simple one, 
> with no pointers, no arrays as arguments and so on.
> 
> We were instructed to use bison, but the first paragraph of 
> bison manual says: "You need to be fluent in C programming in 
> order to use Bison." which made me to look after a Java 
> alternative. And since Antlr has a very nice webpage I chose 
> that one :)

I'd suggest learning Flex/Bison anyways (despite ANTLR's obvious strengths).
Perhaps Jflex/CUP - or Jflex/Jay - if Java is your preferred implementation
language.

Doesn't hurt to have the additional skill/option...

> The result can be downloaded at 
> http://sprite.edi.fmph.uniba.sk/~inas/antlr/
> 
> There are still 
> some unresolved issues, and at the end, when deadline was 
> coming near, I wrote more and more ugly code.

My quick perusal noticed the lack of a symbol table. Didn't think you could
parse most languages without such a beast, did I miss something?

Micheal