Has anyone implemented BASIC in Python?

[John Tobler]

Leif K-Brooks <eurleif at ecritters.biz> wrote in message news:<2otkvkFe7p8oU1 at uni-berlin.de>...
> Is there a (virtual) book you would recommend reading to learn about 
> writing them? A course isn't really possibly for me, so I'm hoping that 
> isn't the only option.

You do not need to spend a penny for books or information about
compiler writing.  Let's go fishing!

Start with the Open Directory Project:

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Compilers/


... and Google's equivalent of it (which incorporates the ODP but may
modify or supplement its results):

http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Compilers/


>From those two links, alone, you should be able to find everything
from excellent beginner tutorials to advanced theoretical references.


Now, let's try a simple Google search for "compiler writing":

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=compiler+writing


... and "compiler theory"

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=compiler+theory


... and "tutorial+compiler"

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=tutorial+compiler&btnG=Search


Then, let's narrow our scope to tiny things:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=tiny+compiler


That should give you some reasonably-sized learning projects to
emulate.

Have fun!

John Tobler
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