Python Front-end to GCC

Mark Janssen dreamingforward at gmail.com
Tue Oct 22 00:24:38 EDT 2013


> A language specification in BNF is just syntax. It doesn't say anything
> about semantics. So how could this be used to produce executable C code
> for a program? BNF is used to produce parsers. But a parser isn't
> sufficient.

A C program is just syntax also.  How does the compiler generate
executable machine code?  Extrapolate into a Python front-end to C.

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MarkJ
Tacoma, Washington



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