Titania Programming Language: An Educational Tool for Compiler Development Based on Oberon-07
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MaximilianEmel
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Summary
Titania is a programming language based on Oberon-07, designed by Niklaus Wirth, specifically created for teaching compiler development. The language serves as an educational tool with a grammar structure that includes modules, import lists, declarations, and statement sequences. The name 'Titania' references Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, where Titania is the wife of Oberon (the fairy king), though this is noted as a codename rather than a final designation.
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This is designed to be a language to teach compiler development with.
Titania is the wife of Oberon (Fairy King) in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
This is just a codename, and probably not final for this teaching language.
module = "module" ident ";" [import_list] decl_sequence ["begin" stmt_sequence] "end" [";"].
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