nric - NetRexx Improved Compiler

Summary

A NetRexx to Java bytecode compiler.

Background

There exists a freely available reference implementation of the langauge from IBM. But no source code is available. The reference implementaion does two things: it translates NetRexx into Java source code then calls a Java compiler to produce the bytecode and it acts as an interpreter and runs the NetRexx program with no generated bytecode.

Definations

Source Langauge
The NetRexx language as defined in the published book "The NetRexx Langauge" and the NRL supplement.
Target Language
Java virtual machine as defined in the published book "The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Second Edition".
Implementation Languages
The NetRexx language, the Java Languages and JVM assembler code.

Goals

  1. To produce a correct compiler for the defined source and target langauges.
  2. Produce a faster running compiler than the reference implementation. Utilizing incremental compile technology.
  3. Experiment with Human-oriented programming langauages for non-english speaking programmers.
  4. Develop new or modified tools to meet the above goals.

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