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i have a series o questions to ask about making the compiler i'm making compile
1. how do i get it to compile it so that you can just view it and return back to the program
2. how do i get it to compile into exe
3. how do i do the error trapping and making print statements and all that capital.
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probably aren't the best place for.
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what do you mean by that it don't make sense
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You missed the subject line ... some people starts their statements there.
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i never noticed that but can anyone help me at all
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Well, a compiler just takes a program and translates it to machine code. It is really hard, and you have to be a very experienced programmer to do such a thing. At university, we have 2 whole years on the topic, and it is one of the hardest subjects in the career (I still have to pass the 4th half - we have to write a compiler - and guy, this can be the hardest assignment in the whole career).
There is plenty of literature you have to read, you first have to learn how regular expressions, work, then grammars, automats, finite state machines, LR or maybe LL and LOTs of things.
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Well, as na_th_an pointed out, compiling is largely a matter of translation between (at least) two different languages. (And I'm having trouble believing you didn't already know that.
) Now, for example, if you wanted to learn how to translate English (or American) to Spanish, do you think it might be a good idea to make a first step of (assuming you already know English/American) learning Spanish?
In this case, the other language is machine code. You might want to make learning *that* (or at least assembly) your first challenge. It's enough of one and it's something you'll need to do on your way to your bigger goal.
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Here's a start:
The most basic assembly language uses three things:
SET A to B
JUMP to A
IF A = B... JUMP TO A
These are all in bits
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Aren't you the guy who's putting together a team to make an OS?
