assembler design in C

[verma_ashu]

hello friends,
i need to design a small assembler in C language.
but i donot know where to start.
what machine to take as the environment for assembler or should i make a
simulator also to run the assembly code in my assembler.
can anybody help in getting me started in this.


ashu

 

[Walter Roberson]

:i need to design a small assembler in C language.
:but i donot know where to start.
:what machine to take as the environment for assembler or should i make a
:simulator also to run the assembly code in my assembler.
:can anybody help in getting me started in this.

You should impliment the assembler language described in Donald Knuth's
"The Art of Computer Programming", Volume 1.

 

[CBFalconer]

You should impliment the assembler language described in Donald
Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming", Volume 1.

That machine is obsolete, and DK is replacing it with MMIX, an up
to date machine. You can find a full description on his pages.
Look for fasc1.ps.gz on:

<http://www-cs-staff.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html>

 

[Walter Roberson]

:> You should impliment the assembler language described in Donald
:> Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming", Volume 1.

:That machine is obsolete, and DK is replacing it with MMIX, an up
:to date machine.

Cool!

But the OP would probably find the original MIX easier to impliment,
and the original MIX has the advantage of already having a truly excellent
prose description whereas the MMIX books are not out yet.

: You can find a full description on his pages.
:Look for fasc1.ps.gz on:

: <http://www-cs-staff.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html>