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  1. 03-31-2008 #1
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    interpreter

    Hi,

    we are taking a course about writing a C-like language interpreter,
    so does any one know a link or some documents about that.
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    Your lecture notes and/or textbook?
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    No ,we have to search the web and about the subject and then write the interpreter,I tried to search the internet but I didn't get much,
    so would you help me.
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    Search the web for "compiler construction".
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    I made an example of how an interpreter (or parser) works some time ago:
    http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showp...4&postcount=39
    You could read the thread it's related to if you need further understanding on how it works.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

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