Anyone ever write a compiler in LabVIEW

Question

I am looking for anything anyone has done along the lines of writing a compiler in LabVIEW. I have no experience writing a compiler, and would like to know if it can be done with LabVIEW.
My goal is to create MS Executable files to perform simple tasks.
Thank you,
Mike Du'Lyea

Answer 1

"Labviewguru" wrote in message
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> Obviously I'm not getting my message across, so I'll try again.
>
> I want to write a compiler with LabVIEW. No, I don't want to be able
> to write code in LabVIEW and have it made into an executable. I
> basically want to write a programming language that this program can
> change into executable code.
>
> Nothing that exists today is what I am looking for, nothing I have
> seen anyway.
>
> For example. LabVIEW Application Builder converts LabVIEW code into
> either an executable file, or a DLL.
>
> I want to build an application in LabVIEW in which I enter (through a
> means I have not yet determined) instructions and the application
> compiles this set of instructions into machine code which can execute
> on my machine.
>
> Typically, compilers are written in C or C++. The tutorial I am
> reading instructs the user to create the compiler in either gcc (the
> GNU C++ Compiler) or Microsoft Visual C++ IDE (A compiler inside of an
> Integrated Development Environment.)
>
> Instead of writing this compiler in C/C++, I want to write it in
> LabVIEW. If I follow the tutorial, the compiler will take a C program
> (a .c source file) and compile it into an executable for an intel
> chipset (x86).
>
> The problem I am having is that the tutorial instructs the writing of
> the tutorial in C. As I don't have a reference manual for all of the
> libraries and commands called by the compiler and examples, I can't
> know exactly how to mimic the C code in LabVIEW.
>
> Sure, I could write it in C, create it as a DLL, and then use LabVIEW
> to call the CIN or DLL, but that would defeat the purpose.
>
> Just so that it is known, this is nothing more than a hobby project.
> I am trying to determine just how capable LabVIEW is, and at the same
> time, learn how to create a compiler. As a side benefit, I will learn
> a little bit about C/C++. I was told that the best possible way to
> learn C/C++ was to write a compiler. It gives you a very intimate
> understanding of the programming language. I figure I can kill two
> birds with one stone. Another note, this project's results will be a
> complete waste of time and effort. There are already tons of
> compilers out there. I am hoping to learn a lot about compilers,
> programming languages, and the capabilities of LabVIEW.
Labview is a very capable language in itself. To use it to compile code
written in another language would be a waste of time seeing that the whole
point of Labview is to reduce development time, not add another layer of
complexity.
If you want to learn C\C++ I recommend getting a book and working the
examples, I like Thinking in C++ by Bruce Eckel it is available for free on
electronic form or you can by the paper version.