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Knowing how to create domain-specific languages (DSLs) can give you a huge productivity boost. Instead of writing code in a general-purpose programming language, you can first build a custom language tailored to make you efficient in a particular domain.
The key is understanding the common patterns found across language implementations. Language Design Patterns identifies and condenses the most common design patterns, providing sample implementations of each.
The pattern implementations use Java, but the patterns themselves are completely general. Some of the implementations use the well-known ANTLR parser generator, so readers will find this book an excellent source of ANTLR examples as well. But this book will benefit anyone interested in implementing languages, regardless of their tool of choice. Other language implementation books focus on compilers, which you rarely need in your daily life. Instead, Language Design Patterns shows you patterns you can use for all kinds of language applications.
You'll learn to create configuration file readers, data readers, model-driven code generators, source-to-source translators, source analyzers, and interpreters. Each chapter groups related design patterns and, in each pattern, you'll get hands-on experience by building a complete sample implementation. By the time you finish the book, you'll know how to solve most common language implementation problems.
About the Author
Terence Parr is a professor of computer science and graduate program director at the University of San Francisco, where he continues to work on his ANTLR parser generator (http://www.antlr.org) and template engine (http://www.stringtemplate.org). Terence has consulted for and held various technical positions at companies such as IBM, Lockheed Missiles and Space, NeXT, and Renault Automation. Terence holds a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Purdue University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Army High-Performance Computing Research Center at the University of Minnesota, where he built parallelizing FORTRAN source-to-source translators. He is the author of "The Definitive ANTLR Reference":http://pragprog.com/titles/tpantlr.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed reading through this book by Terence Parr and started it when only halfway through his other book "The Definitive ANTLR Reference". "Language Implementation Patterns" I would say is a better starting point and makes for easy reading, the writing style is very approachable. It feels very much like a distillation of notes that Professor Parr has collected from years of teaching students computer language topics. Structured in a similar way to the influential Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software book it breaks down Language implementation into discrete but related patterns using Antlr grammar and Java code in the examples. I can not express how well he breaks down this highly technical subject into clearly defined patterns while gently and progressively introducing you to the Antlr language tool.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I have a degree in Computer Science and yet a very confused mind when it was about designing languages for my applications.
I particularly liked the systematic decomposition of problems into patterns. It finally brings clarity to a subject
without resorting to more theoretical texts, leaving to the curious readers the option to deepen their knowledge, but providing all the necessary tools to those interested in
a principled yet immediately applicable solution.
I particularly liked the systematic decomposition of problems into patterns. It finally brings clarity to a subject
without resorting to more theoretical texts, leaving to the curious readers the option to deepen their knowledge, but providing all the necessary tools to those interested in
a principled yet immediately applicable solution.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this book really helpful for getting back into compiler development. I definitely recommend it for beginners wanting to understand how to implement a compiler or DSL. It is also good for people with previous compiler dev experience who want to get back into it.
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