What would you use to build a new compiler for .NET?

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What would you use to build a new compiler for .NET?

I'm working on a new toy language that will be statically compiled to .NET's IL code.

Off hand I can think of the following to actually generate the IL, but I'm open to alternatives:

Cecil
ILASM

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You can write your own language using this compiler generator. I used it. Its really easy to use and to understand.

CoCo/R

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco/R

Gabriel McAdams 2009-12-30 21:54:50

While certainly an interesting idea for parsing, I'm looking for advice on actually generating the IL itself after it has already been parsed.

Jonathan Allen 2009-12-30 21:57:21

Sorry. With that, I can't help you.

Gabriel McAdams 2009-12-30 22:06:51

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There is also the Common Compiler Infrastructure (AST/Code, Metadata), and of course the venerable Reflection.Emit. I don't have any experience of CCI myself, but this page seems a good starting point for the IL translation side of things.

itowlson 2009-12-30 22:28:18

Reflection.Emit does look promising.

Jonathan Allen 2009-12-30 22:37:00

Drat. Looks like it has some serious limitations.http://blogs.msdn.com/lucian/archive/2009/11/29/the-limitations-of-reflection-emit.aspx

Jonathan Allen 2009-12-30 22:38:25

You might find IKVM.Reflection/IKVM.Reflection.Emit a feasible replacement too.

Matt Enright 2010-06-01 23:19:13

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