A syntax-directed editor for Borland's Turbo Pascal

Author

John Gatewood Ham

Abstract

"This study details the design and implementation of the LSD program, a syntax-directed editor for use in editing the source code for Borland’s Turbo Pascal. LSD is a dual-mode editor which allows both traditional text editing and also grammar-based editing. LSD promotes better programming for novice users by allowing the user to edit the program with a graphical representation of a parse tree. A list of syntactically correct choices is displayed at each point where a choice must be made in the structure of the program. Since only these choices are available, no syntax errors are possible. For more advanced users, the ability to take an existing program and display the syntax tree will help show the underlying structure of the Pascal language grammar"--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Sager, Thomas J.

Committee Member(s)

Bledsoe, Wayne M.
Zobrist, George W. (George Winston), 1934-

Department(s)

Computer Science

Degree Name

M.S. in Computer Science

Comments

A report which is substantially this thesis is available here for download.

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Fall 1993

Pagination

viii, 81 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 80).

Rights

© 1993 John Gatewood Ham, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 6661

Print OCLC #

30016940

Link to Catalog Record

Electronic access to the full-text of this document is restricted to Missouri S&T users. Otherwise, request this publication directly from Missouri S&T Library or contact your local library.

Recommended Citation

Ham, John Gatewood, "A syntax-directed editor for Borland's Turbo Pascal" (1993). Masters Theses. 1185.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/1185