compiler-compiler
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In computer science, a compiler-compiler or compiler generator is a programming tool that creates a parser, interpreter, or compiler from some form of formal description of a programming language and machine.
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- Variants
- Metacompilers
- The meaning of metacompiler
- Forth metacompiler
- History
- Schorre metalanguages
- META I
- META II
- TREE-META
- CWIC
- Generators language
- CWIC addressed [[domain-specific language]]s before the term [[domain-specific language]] existed
- Examples
- See also
- References and notes
- Further reading
- External links
In computer science, a compiler-compiler or compiler generator is a programming tool that creates a parser, interpreter, or compiler from some form of formal description of a programming language and machine.
The most common type of compiler-compiler is called a parser generator. It handles only syntactic analysis.
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