Why Are There No Machine Instruction Decoders Written Using Parser Generators?
Written by Grigory Rechistov in Uncategorized on 17.03.2015. Tags: antlr, decoder, parser generators, yacc,
My question is about a rather unusual usage of a parser generators. While the process of decoding machine instructions in software has a lot in common with “regular” input languages parsing, I have found no examples or attempts to implement such decoder in LEX/YACC, ANTLR or another parser generator …