A Language Designer's Workbench
A One-Stop-Shop for Implementation and Verification of Language Designs
Eelco Visser (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Guido Wachsmuth (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Andrew Tolmach (Portland State University)
Pierre Neron (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Vlad Vergu (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Augusto Passalaqua Martins (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Gabriël Konat (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
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Abstract
The realization of a language design requires multiple artifacts that redundantly encode the same information. This entails significant effort for language implementors, and often results in late detection of errors in language definitions. In this paper we present a proof-of-concept language designer's workbench that supports generation of IDEs, interpreters, and verification infrastructure from a single source. This constitutes a first milestone on the way to a system that fully automates language implementation and verification.