An Implementation of a Code Generator Specification Language for Table Driven Code Generators

Abstract

This paper discusses an implementation of Glanville's code generator generator for producing a code generator for a production Pascal compiler on an Amdahl 470.We successfully replaced the hand written code generator of an existing compiler with one which was produced automatically from a formal specification. This paper first outlines Glanville's original scheme, then describes extensions which were necessary for generating code for a production compiler.