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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: neos Universal Compiler
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:20:04 +0000
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On 18/03/2025 14:08, Mr Flibble wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:59:45 +0200, Mikko wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-03-17 16:53:01 +0000, Mr Flibble said:
>>
>>> On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:21:05 +0200, Mikko wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-03-16 18:40:42 +0000, Mr Flibble said:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 12:28:24 +0200, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2025-03-15 15:08:47 +0000, Mr Flibble said:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:55:52 +0200, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2025-03-15 04:00:52 +0000, Mr Flibble said:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> neos universal compiler (that can compile any programming
>>>>>>>>> language)
>>>>>>>>> is successfully running the tokenization stage tokenizing a
>>>>>>>>> program written in the neos reference language. #cpp #coding
>>>>>>>>> #compiler #compsci #gamedev
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> /Flibble
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can it tokenize FORTRAN 60 or FORTRAN IV ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ANY programming language.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /Flibble
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How is neos configured to tokenize FORTRAN 60 ?
>>>>>
>>>>> The same way you would configure it for any other programming
>>>>> language.
>>>>
>>>> If it is configured the same for each programming language then how
>>>> does it know how to tokenize?
>>>
>>> You configure it by providing a language specific neosBNF schema
>>> (grammar)
>>> file (an input to the compilalation process).
>>
>> Is there a neosBNF schema that describes the tokens of FORtRAN 66 or
>> Algol 60?
> 
> Not yet.

We deduce, then, that neos universal compiler (that can compile 
any programming language) cannot compile FORTRAN 66 or ALGOL 60.

We can further deduce that you do not consider FORTRAN 66 and 
ALGOL 60 to be programming languages.

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Richard Heathfield
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