abstract syntax tree

(compiler)

(AST) A data structure representing something which has been parsed, often used as a compiler or interpreter's internal representation of a program while it is being optimised and from which code generation is performed. The range of all possible such structures is described by the abstract syntax.

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abstract syntax
concrete syntax
Eiffel source checker
GMD Toolbox for Compiler Construction
interpreter
language-sensitive editor
parser
TDF
T-gen

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