[antlr-interest] LLVM example: wiki or book?

[Terence Parr]

Posting the grammar(s) for you to take a look at. do think this covers  
it? It seems like it covers a good deal. I will post the full source  
code after I take another pass over it and so on.
T
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On Aug 5, 2009, at 2:38 PM, Hugo Picado wrote:

> Hi Terence,
>
> You don't actually need to put a big example, as long as it is a  
> good example. Independently of the specific grammar, I think it  
> should address common issues such as parsing, tree walk, input/ 
> output parameters in rules, lists, use of the most important  
> predicates such as tokens, header, member, etc.
>
> Additionally, one think that I've seen that is commonly asked here  
> is how to implement unary minus, or how to construct tree nodes with  
> different root tokens, etc.
>
> You can use a small example to show all this, I think a "too much  
> big" example will somewhere/sometime/somehow confuse the reader.
>
> Back to the question, perhaps your C subset is a nice choice :)
>
> Good luck with that.
>
> Regards,
> Hugo.
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Terence Parr <parrt at cs.usfca.edu>  
> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Ok, I'm rapidly running into my deadline for the book. by the end of
> the day I hope to finish the translation and then the generation
> chapters. you will see a beta of at least one of those chapters this
> week. That leaves the sort of " wrapping up" chapter, which doesn't
> really scream "Put a big LLVM example in".
>
> To satisfy you folks, would be sufficient if I put it up on the wiki
> with some good but not perfect description as well as the full source
> code for my C subset to LLVM example?
>
> Ter
> On Jun 24, 2009, at 10:30 AM, J. Stephen Riley Silber wrote:
>
> >
> > I think Waverly's point wasn't the complexity of the grammar of the
> > language.  No one is arguing the simplicity of the Smalltalk
> > grammar.  His point was that compiling a simple imperative language
> > to LLVM will demonstrate the basics of LLVM IL generation.
> > "Everyone knows C", so it should make for a relatively simple
> > tutorial.
> >
> > I know nothing about LLVM besides what's on its project homepage,
> > but I am confident that a C subset example will allow me to ramp up
> > quickly to the point where I could implement "advanced" features
> > such as dynamic dispatch in short order.
> >
> > Ter, consider this a hearty seconding of Waverly's suggestion.  It's
> > a great idea.
> >
> > --- On Wed, 6/24/09, Damien Cassou <damien.cassou at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Damien Cassou <damien.cassou at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [antlr-interest] ok, will build an LLVM example for  
> book
> > To: "Edwards, Waverly" <Waverly.Edwards at genesys.com>
> > Cc: "antlr-interest at antlr.org ANTLR" <antlr-interest at antlr.org>
> > Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 9:47 AM
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Edwards,
> > Waverly<Waverly.Edwards at genesys.com> wrote:
> > > A Smalltalk or Java type language subset might be nice but overly
> > complex, possibly
> > > loosing your reader.
> >
> > The entire Smalltalk language represents no more than 17 AST  
> nodes. I
> > don't consider that overly complex.
> >
> > --
> > Damien Cassou
> > http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st
> >
> > "Lambdas are relegated to relative obscurity until Java makes them
> > popular by not having them." James Iry
> >
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