Compiler-Compiler


Compiler-Compiler

(1)An early compiler generator for the Atlas, with its owndistinctive input language.

["The Compiler-Compiler", R.A. Brooker et al, Ann RevAutomatic Programming 3:229-275, Pergamon 1963].

compiler-compiler

(2)A utility to generate the source code of a parser,interpreter or compiler from an annotated languagedescription (usually in BNF). Most so calledcompiler-compilers are really just parser generators.

Examples are Bison, Eli, FSL, META 5, MUG2,Parsley, Pre-cc, Yacc.