As the subject says, is there a single word which I could
use when I mean `either the compiler or the interpreter'?
Maybe the word `translator' would do, but I haven't seen
it used anywhere. As to `processor' (Fortran (?) style),
it is present in the glossary of the Hyperspec, but I
haven't seen that used, either. I thought of `Lisp' or
`the implementation,' but they are not specific enough.
(A Lisp (implementation) consists of more than a compiler
and/or an interpreter.)
I would need this word, for example, in phrases like
`The <compiler or interpreter> signals an error when
seeing such-and-such.' That would mean that an error
is signalled either when the code is compiled, or when
the interpreter sees the fragment of code in question,
but not that an error is signalled when the compiled
code is executed.
Any suggestions will be welcome.
Best regards,
Vassil.
Vassil Nikolov wrote in message <·························@nym.alias.net>...
>As the subject says, is there a single word which I could
>use when I mean `either the compiler or the interpreter'?
How about "evaluator" (as in read-eval-print loop)?
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Vassil Nikolov wrote:
> I would need this word, for example, in phrases like
> `The <compiler or interpreter> signals an error when
> seeing such-and-such.' That would mean that an error
> is signalled either when the code is compiled, or when
> the interpreter sees the fragment of code in question,
> but not that an error is signalled when the compiled
> code is executed.
Hmm, I think I would just say "the compiler", and leave it to the
reader's understanding (perhaps buttressed by a note somewhere) that
anything the compiler does, the interpreter has to do too. But I will
agree in advance that this is not entirely satisfactory.
-- Scott
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From: Philip Lijnzaad
Subject: Re: a single word for `compiler or interpreter'?
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"Scott L. Burson" <·····@zeta-sqoft.com> writes:
> Vassil Nikolov wrote:
> > I would need this word, for example, in phrases like
> > `The <compiler or interpreter> signals an error when
> > seeing such-and-such.' That would mean that an error
what about 'system' ?
The system signals an error when seeing such-and-such ?
or leave it out altogether:
An error is signalled when such-and-such
Cheers,
Philip
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From: Kjetil Valstadsve
Subject: Re: a single word for `compiler or interpreter'?
Date:
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"Scott L. Burson" <·····@zeta-sqoft.com> writes:
> Vassil Nikolov wrote:
> > I would need this word, for example, in phrases like
> > `The <compiler or interpreter> signals an error when
> > seeing such-and-such.' That would mean that an error
> > is signalled either when the code is compiled, or when
> > the interpreter sees the fragment of code in question,
> > but not that an error is signalled when the compiled
> > code is executed.
>
> Hmm, I think I would just say "the compiler", and leave it to the
> reader's understanding (perhaps buttressed by a note somewhere) that
> anything the compiler does, the interpreter has to do too. But I will
> agree in advance that this is not entirely satisfactory.
What about defining a more generic term for the analytic phase of
compilation or interpretation, since this is what he implies? "An
error is signalled during code analysis", it being implicit that the
interpreter or the compiler can do such analysis.
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Kjetil Valstadsve wrote:
> What about defining a more generic term for the analytic phase of
> compilation or interpretation, since this is what he implies? "An
> error is signalled during code analysis", it being implicit that the
> interpreter or the compiler can do such analysis.
Yeah, that could work too, though the "implicit" part should be made
explicit somewhere.
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>Vassil Nikolov wrote:
>> I would need this word, for example, in phrases like
>> `The <compiler or interpreter> signals an error when
>> seeing such-and-such.' That would mean that an error
>> is signalled either when the code is compiled, or when
>> the interpreter sees the fragment of code in question,
>> but not that an error is signalled when the compiled
>> code is executed.
>
>Hmm, I think I would just say "the compiler", and leave it to the
>reader's understanding (perhaps buttressed by a note somewhere) that
>anything the compiler does, the interpreter has to do too. But I will
>agree in advance that this is not entirely satisfactory.
We used "language processor" when defining EuLisp.
-- Harley
>>>>> "Vassil Nikolov" <········@math.acad.bg> writes:
> I would need this word, for example, in phrases like `The
> <compiler or interpreter> signals an error when seeing
> such-and-such.' That would mean that an error is signalled either
> when the code is compiled, or when the interpreter sees the
> fragment of code in question, but not that an error is signalled
> when the compiled code is executed.
I am a newbie. But it seems that this error is signaled at read time,
so that's what you could say, right?
`An error is signaled when foo is read.'
kai
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In article <··············@slowfox.do.uunet.de>,
Kai Grossjohann <···········@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de> wrote:
>I am a newbie. But it seems that this error is signaled at read time,
>so that's what you could say, right?
>
>`An error is signaled when foo is read.'
Probably not a good idea. That would imply that an error would be
signalled if you typed the form in response to a program executing (read).
The original post asked about an error that's detected when code is
compiled or interpreted.
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