Proposta de uma ferramenta para produção de compiladores e um estudo comparativo de produtividade

Abstract

With the aim of facilitating the creation of programming languages and similar tools, a library named Orkestra was proposed and implemented to enable the development of compilers with lexical and syntactic analysis, as well as useful features such as command-line interface abstraction. The library includes an integration feature with Visual Studio Code through the automatic generation of an extension for the text editor, based on the language defined by the Orkestra user via lexical and syntactic rules. To evaluate the proposed technology, a comparative methodology for similar technologies was developed, followed by an analysis using the designed methodology. As part of this process, a test project for a domain-specific language called Brute Force was created. Each analyzed technology4namely Orkestra, Flex/Bison, PeggyJS, and ANTLR4was used to implement the test project só that their characteristics could be compared. Desirable and undesirable characteristics were identified and assigned scores accordingly. Based on these characteristics, each technology received a score reflecting its implementation of the test project. Orkestra scored slightly below the marketleading technologies; however, it demonstrated unique features, suggesting potential improvements for future technologies in the field of compilers.