Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
57 words
A translator writing system for developing a translator program capable of transforming a user's source code into object code, comprising: means for introducing a program (summary program) into said translator writing system, said program representing a summary of the pertinent characteristics associated with the user's source code; and developing means converting said program into said translator program.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
57 words
A translator writing system for developing a translator program capable of transforming a user's source code into object code, comprising: means for introducing a program (summary program) into said translator writing system, said program representing a summary of the pertinent characteristics associated with the user's source code; and developing means converting said program into said translator program.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
The translator writing system of claim 1, wherein said summary of the pertinent characteristics associated with the user's source code represented by said program includes a set of attribute specifications associated with the language of said source code, said summary taking into account the interaction of the attribute specifications in the grammar of the language of said source code.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The translator writing system of claims 1 or 2, wherein said developing means comprises testing means for testing the developed translator program.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
58 words
The translator writing system of one of the claims 1 to 3, wherein the testing performed by said testing means comprises an interrogation of said developed translator program with a statent and an analysis of the results achieved as a result of the interrogation, said statement being a member of a data base comprising a plurality of statements.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The translator writing system of claim 4 wherein the plurality of statements of said data base represent every possible correct program statement of said user's source code.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The translator writing system of claim 5 wherein the plurality of statements of said data base further rep resent every possible incorrect, invalid program statement of said user's source code.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
The translator writing system of claim 6, wherein said summary of the pertinent characteristics associated with the user's source code includes a set of attribute specifications associated with the language of said source code, said summary taking into account the interaction of the attribute specifications in the grammar of said language.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
92 words
A translator writing system of one of the claims 3 to 7 comprising a valid testcase generator means for testing said translator program utilizing a plurality of valid program statements corresponding to the user's source code, and an incorrect, invalid testcase generator means for testing said translator program utilizing a plurality of incorrect, invalid program state ments corresponding to the user's source code, the plurality of valid program statements and the plurality of invalid program statements consisting of every possible valid and invalid program statement, respectively, associated with the user's source code.