The realizable benefits of a language prototyping language

• Published in: IEEE transactions on software engineering Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 803 - 809
• Main Authors: Herndon, R.M., Berzins, V.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01-06-1988; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; IEEE Computer Society
• Subjects: Algorithms; Application software; Applied sciences; Character recognition; Computational modeling; Computer errors; Computer languages; Computer programming; Computer science; Computer science; control theory; systems; Computers; Design; Exact sciences and technology; Interpreters; Language; Language theory and syntactical analysis; Prototypes; Semantics; Software; Software engineering; Software tools; Theoretical computing; Translations; Translator(program); Translation; Prototype; Language theory; Attribute grammar
• ISSN: 0098-5589; 1939-3520
• DOI: 10.1109/32.6159

The uses and advantages of a language tailored specifically for the description and construction of translators are considered. The major features of the Kodiyak language prototyping language are described. The Kodiyak language was designed to be a comprehensive translator development system. The language is intended to support a simple, unambiguous conceptual model of translation, to allow the construction of nontrivial translators, and, to be easy to use.< >