Title :
The design of a visual language compiler
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA
Abstract :
The author presents design considerations for the Visual Language Compiler being developed at the Univ. of Pittsburgh. The Visual Language Compiler uses precedence analysis for both spatial parsing and semantic analysis. It also uses a knowledge base to store all kinds of semantic information. Applications of the Visual Language Compiler are discussed
Keywords :
program compilers; user interfaces; knowledge base; precedence analysis; semantic analysis; spatial parsing; user interfaces; visual language compiler; Application software; Computer interfaces; Computer science; Dictionaries; Laboratories; Software prototyping; Software systems; Sun; System analysis and design; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1988., IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0876-5
DOI :
10.1109/WVL.1988.18014
