Compiler Compilers and High Speed Compilation

Advances and problems in the field of compiler compilers are the subject of the 2nd CCHSC Workshop which took place in Berlin, GDR, in October 1988. The 18 papers which were selected for the workshop are now included in this volume, among them three invited papers. They discuss the requirements, properties and theoretical aspects of compiler compilers as well as tools and metatools for software engineering. The papers cover a wide spectrum in the field of compiler compilers ranging from overviews of existing compiler compilers and engineering of compiler compilers to special problems of attribute evaluation generation and code generation. In connection with compiler compiler projects means of supporting high speed compilation are pointed out. Special attention is given to problems of incremental compilation.

Inhalt
A short review of high speed compilation.- Incremental symbol processing.- Software engineering aspects in language implementation.- OPTRAN - A language/system for the specification of program transformations: System overview and experiences.- Compiler construction by object-oriented system nut.- Generators for high-speed front-ends.- Incremental algorithms in PROF-LP.- Abstract interfaces for compiler generating tools.- The INDIA lexic generator.- ILALR: An incremental generator of LALR(1) parsers.- Type checking in the large.- A compiler generator for attribute evaluation during LR parsing.- Attributed tree transformations with delayed and smart re-evaluation.- Incremental attribute evaluation with side-effects.- Optimizing implementation of aggregates in the compiler specification system MAGIC.- Code generation for a RISC machine.- Two tree pattern matchers for code selection.- Generation of incremental indirect threaded code for language-based programming environments.