Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

[bolega <gnuist006@gmail.com>]

On Jun 20, 9:31 pm, Richard Fateman <fate...@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Define Macro wrote:
> > On Jun 13, 7:07 pm, bolega <gnuist...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness.
>
> >> For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which
> >> writes C interpreter in C.
>
> >> The criteria would be the small size and high readability of the code.
>
> >> Are there already answers anywhere ?
>
> Sure.  Lots of texts on compilers provide exercises which, in one way or
> another suggest how to write an interpreter and perhaps a compiler too
> for some language.  Anyone taking a course on compilers is likely to
> have followed such exercises in order to pass the course.  Some
> instructors are enlightened enough to allow students to pick the
> implementation language.
>
> Ask any such instructor.



Beware, he does not tell the readers the financial details. This is
what he wrote to me by email.

<quote>
I would be willing to meet with you here in Berkeley to educate you on
these matters at a consulting rate of  $850 per hour, with a minimum
of 8 hours.

RJF
</quote>



> I think you will find that many people use a packaged parser-generator
> which eliminates much of the choice-of-language difference. Do you like
> Bison, Yacc, Antlr, or one of the many parser generators in Lisp,
> python, etc.
>
> My own experience is that in comparing Lisp to C, students end up with
> smaller and better interpreters and compilers, faster.  I don't know
> about python vs C for sure, but I suspect python wins.  As for
> python vs Lisp, I don't know.
>
> RJF