Bootstrapping domain-specific meta-languages in language workbenches

Gabriël D. P. Konat, Sebastian Erdweg, E. Visser
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It is common practice to bootstrap compilers of programming languages. By using the compiled language to implement the compiler, compiler developers can code in their own high-level language and gain a large-scale test case. In this paper, we investigate bootstrapping of compiler-compilers as they occur in language workbenches. Language workbenches support the development of compilers through the application of multiple collaborating domain-specific meta-languages for defining a language's syntax, analysis, code generation, and editor support. We analyze the bootstrapping problem of language workbenches in detail, propose a method for sound bootstrapping based on fixpoint compilation, and show how to conduct breaking meta-language changes in a bootstrapped language workbench. We have applied sound bootstrapping to the Spoofax language workbench and report on our experience.
在语言工作台中引导特定于领域的元语言
引导编程语言的编译器是一种常见的做法。通过使用编译语言实现编译器,编译器开发人员可以用自己的高级语言进行编码,从而获得大规模的测试用例。在本文中,我们研究了编译器-编译器在语言工作台中发生的自引导。语言工作台通过应用多个协作的特定于领域的元语言来支持编译器的开发,这些元语言用于定义语言的语法、分析、代码生成和编辑器支持。详细分析了语言工作台的自引导问题,提出了一种基于定点编译的声音自引导方法,并展示了如何在自引导的语言工作台中进行破坏性的元语言更改。我们已经将声音引导应用到Spoofax语言工作台,并报告了我们的经验。
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