META II

me studying compiler writing languages with META II

Source

http://ibm-1401.info/Meta-II-schorre.pdf

Meta 3 Racket

Meta II that is being compiled to Racket(Scheme) script.

Meta 3 Racket files

File	Contents
meta.rkt	Helper module mainly with i/o procedures
meta3l.m3l	First version written in its own language
meta3r.m3r	Improved/optimized version written in its own language
meta3l.rkt	My first meta3 compiler written by hand
o_meta3l.rkt	First version compiled itself
o_meta3r.rkt	Better version compiled itself

Meta 2

Meta II with virtual machine simulating one from the paper

Meta 3 files

File	Contents
meta2vm.py	My own Meta II virtual machine
meta2compile.py	My own compiler for META II language (using sly lex/yacc)
meta2.m2asm	Python compiler output for meta2.meta2
meta2.meta2	Original "META II written in its own language"
test.m2asm	Output of META II (compiled by python) compiling itself in vm

Meta 3

My Meta 3 is compiler writing language thats being compiled to standalone python code keeping syntax very close to original META II syntax

transitioned from meta2 to meta3 with something like:

./meta2vm.py meta2 meta3.meta2 meta3.m2asm
./meta2vm.py meta3 meta3.meta3 meta3.py
python meta3.py meta3.meta3 > meta3m.py

Meta 3 files

File	Contents
meta3.meta2	Meta 3 compiler written in META II language
meta3.m2asm	Meta 3 compiler compiled for meta2vm
meta3.meta3	Meta 3 written in its own language
meta3.py	Meta 3 compiled with META II runnning meta3.m2asm
meta3m.py	Meta 3 compiled itself