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Can a tiny compiler-compiler grow into something useful?
by Bill McKeeman
The grammars presented here are like computer programs in that they accept input and produce output. The output may be another grammar, which can in turn be used to make yet another grammar. The question is: how far can one go?
I do not know, but let us at least get started.
Note: I have used this material only for teaching. I do not know of any practical or theoretical consequences. The material has some resonance with Guy Steele's 1998 OOPSLA talk Growing a Language.
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