Embedding & Extending Python &other scripting languages

[Maurice LING]

Hi Tommy,

After reading what you've written, it is still very vague for me. Is it 
a program that reads a specification and outputs the corresponding codes 
in the langauge you want?

Cheers
Maurice

Tommy Nordgren wrote:

> I'm interested in doing a rather ambitious project concerning compiler
> construction tools. 
> My tools will parse specification files containing for example lalr
> parser specifications.
> The specifications will contain embedded semantic actions which i want to
> allow writing in any object-oriented language.
> The specifications will name a scripting language and a target language 
> module . Then my tool will create an embedded interpreter for the 
> scripting language, which will load a target language module written in 
> the scripting language, and use it to generate code in the target 
> language.
> 
> I want to provide my system as open source.
> 
> Now my basic problem is how to find what scripting languages are 
> installed on a users system, and generate the necessary makefiles 
> automatically. I will be using swig for interface creation.
> I want to support at least perl and python, with target language support 
> for at least java and c++ initially.
> 
> I probably want to support codegenerators written in ruby and tcl as 
> well.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> I prefer email replies to <tommy.nordgren at chello.se>
> 
> 
> Stockholm, April 21, 2005
> Tommy Nordgren