| An APL Compiler Contributor(s): Budd, Timothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0387966439 ISBN-13: 9780387966434 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming Languages - General |
| Dewey: 005.133 |
| LCCN: 87028507 |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.55 lbs) 156 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Presents the results of an investigation into the issues raised by the development of a compiler for APL, a very high level computer programming language. APL presents a number of novel problems for a compiler writer: weak variable typing, run time changes in variable shape, and a host of primitive operations. Through the integration of several recently developed compiler construction techniques, such as data flow analysis, and a novel and space efficient demand driven or lazy evaluation approach to code generation, the author has been able to produce a true compiler for the language while still maintaining the felxibility and ease that are the hallmarks of APL. |