Crenshaw's "Let's Build a Compiler": Transcription to C and x86 Assembler? [closed]

Question

I am trying to work through Jack Crenshaw's excellent compiler programming tutorial "Let's Build a Compiler" and have bumped into two hurdles. First the code is written in Pascal, a great language for which I have both respect and fondness from a brief exposure to it in the mid 1980s, but which I have not touched since. I currently program mostly in C.

The other hurdle is that the generated assembler is for the Motorola 68000 line of processors. While I may be able to find a translator for it, it would be preferable if I could generate Intel x86 assembler (either Intel or AT&T style).

I can work through the code on Linux, Mac OsX or Windows 7, if it makes anything easier. I have access to all of the named operating systems.

I do not feel fully qualified to do the transcription myself. Has anybody worked this out already, or do you have other suggestions?

Any ideas, feedback or suggestions welcome.

Answer 1

You could run the generated code on a 68K emulator—several of the entries on that page are open-source.

Answer 2

It might be easier to target the JVM instead of a native processor. as for translating Pascal to C... it'shouldn't be that much of a hurdle really.