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A transformation system can be viewed as a general case of a compiler. This paper introduces a new concept to generate such transformation systems (e.g., compilers), a so called generic compiler. A first version of the generic compiler is described: GenComp, which is the abbreviation for a generic compiler. It first reads a formal description in form of an attributed grammar and then interprets this description in order to transform an input in the source language to an output in the target language.
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Chen, Q., Dobler, H. (2012). GenComp – A Generic Transformation System. In: Moreno-Díaz, R., Pichler, F., Quesada-Arencibia, A. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2011. EUROCAST 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6927. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27549-4_19
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