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Automatic Generation of Language-based Tools

2002; Elsevier BV; Volume: 65; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1571-0661(04)80428-6

1571-0661

Pedro Rangel Henriques, Maria João Varanda Pereira, Marjan Mernik, Mitja Lenič, Enis Avdičaušević, V. Žumer,

Teaching and Learning Programming

Many tools can be automatically derived from formal language definitions, such as compilers/interpreters, editors, analyzers, visualizers/animators, etc. Some examples of language-based tools generated automatically by the LISA system are described in the paper. In addition the specification of an algorithm animator and program visualizer, Alma, generated from an extended LISA input-grammar is discussed; LISA principles and code are reused in Alma implementation.