[antlr-interest] Is this the correct use of ANTLR

[Bob Smiley]

Thanks for the reply, but I'm actually not trying to create an
interpreter...my goal is to create a simple scripting language that I can
just translate into C and compile with GCC.  My question may have been
confusing because I was asking about a language similar to C, but really any
grammar with the features I listed below would probably work. 

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond J. Schneider [mailto:rschneid at bridgewater.edu] 
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 9:13 AM
To: Bob Smiley; antlr-interest at antlr.org
Subject: RE: [antlr-interest] Is this the correct use of ANTLR

There is already a very nice C interpreter out there you might want to look
at see http://chscite.sourceforge.net/

--
Ray Schneider,PE, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Math and Computer Science
Bridgewater College
http://www.bridgewater.edu/~rschneid/
http://theweedlessgarden.blogspot.com
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From: antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org [antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org] On
Behalf Of Bob Smiley [xenome4 at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:47
To: antlr-interest at antlr.org
Subject: [antlr-interest] Is this the correct use of ANTLR

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a simple scripting language that looks similar to C but
I don't actually need to implement an interpreter.   I just want to convert
this "ultra-simple C" subset language into basic C and then run it through
GCC to create an executable.  Is it easier to start with say an ANSI C
grammar and cut out what I don't need or actually find a more simple
programming language?  I really just want mathematical expressions,
functions defined within the file, if/else if/else, and loops  (while, for,
foreach).

My end goal is to be able to take a user's script file, process it, add the
required integration fluff and then create a .o I can link into my
application.

I'm a total newbie when it comes to this stuff so I apologize in advance for
the basic question.

Thanks