Can a tiny compiler-compiler grow into something useful?
A grammar executing machine is used to build compiler-like programs (talk only).
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This is a MATLAB "publish" summary of a talk given to the EE seminar at Stanford March 2009. It is a part of FX entry 20149 which contains all the programs mentioned in the talk.
Self-description, execution, backtracking and invertibility are discussed.
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Bill McKeeman (2026). Can a tiny compiler-compiler grow into something useful? (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23255-can-a-tiny-compiler-compiler-grow-into-something-useful), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
Acknowledgements
Inspired: Growing a Compiler
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