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<P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1>The GFCC Grammar Format</H1>
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<I>Aarne Ranta</I><BR>
October 3, 2006
October 19, 2006
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<P></P>
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<LI><A HREF="#toc11">Compiling to GFCC</A>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="#toc12">Problems in GFCC compilation</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc13">Running the compiler and the GFCC interpreter</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc13">The representation of linearization types</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc14">Running the compiler and the GFCC interpreter</A>
</UL>
<LI><A HREF="#toc14">The reference interpreter</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc15">Interpreter in C++</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc16">Some things to do</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc15">The reference interpreter</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc16">Interpreter in C++</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc17">Some things to do</A>
</UL>
<P></P>
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Author's address:
<A HREF="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne"><CODE>http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne</CODE></A>
</P>
<P>
History:
</P>
<UL>
<LI>19 Oct: translation of lincats, new figures on C++
<LI>3 Oct 2006: first version
</UL>
<A NAME="toc1"></A>
<H2>What is GFCC</H2>
<P>
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which is easy enough to deal with in interpreters.
</P>
<A NAME="toc13"></A>
<H3>The representation of linearization types</H3>
<P>
Linearization types (<CODE>lincat</CODE>) are not needed when generating with
GFCC, but they have been added to enable parser generation directly from
GFCC. The linearization type definitions are shown as a part of the
concrete syntax, by using terms to represent types. Here is the table
showing how different linearization types are encoded.
</P>
<PRE>
P* = size(P) -- parameter type
{_ : I ; __ : R}* = (I* @ R*) -- record of parameters
{r1 : T1 ; ... ; rn : Tn}* = [T1*,...,Tn*] -- other record
(P =&gt; T)* = [T* ,...,T*] -- size(P) times
Str* = ()
</PRE>
<P>
The category symbols are prefixed with two underscores (<CODE>__</CODE>).
For example, the linearization type <CODE>present/CatEng.NP</CODE> is
translated as follows:
</P>
<PRE>
NP = {
a : { -- 6 = 2*3 values
n : {ParamX.Number} ; -- 2 values
p : {ParamX.Person} -- 3 values
} ;
s : {ResEng.Case} =&gt; Str -- 3 values
}
__NP = [(6@[2,3]),[(),(),()]]
</PRE>
<P></P>
<A NAME="toc14"></A>
<H3>Running the compiler and the GFCC interpreter</H3>
<P>
GFCC generation is a part of the
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pm -printer=gfcc | wf bronze.gfcc
</PRE>
<P></P>
<A NAME="toc14"></A>
<A NAME="toc15"></A>
<H2>The reference interpreter</H2>
<P>
The reference interpreter written in Haskell consists of the following files:
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<LI><CODE>quit</CODE>: terminate the system cleanly
</UL>
<A NAME="toc15"></A>
<A NAME="toc16"></A>
<H2>Interpreter in C++</H2>
<P>
A base-line interpreter in C++ has been started.
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<TD>read grammar</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center">1150ms</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center">510ms</TD>
<TD ALIGN="right">150ms</TD>
<TD ALIGN="right">100ms</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>generate 222</TD>
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<TD>memory</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center">21M</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center">10M</TD>
<TD ALIGN="right">2M</TD>
<TD ALIGN="right">20M</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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</P>
<UL>
<LI>going from GF to gfcc is a major win in both code size and efficiency
<LI>going from Haskell to C++ interpreter is a win in code size and memory,
but not so much in speed
<LI>going from Haskell to C++ interpreter is not a win yet, because of a space
leak in the C++ version
</UL>
<A NAME="toc16"></A>
<A NAME="toc17"></A>
<H2>Some things to do</H2>
<P>
Interpreter in Java.

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The GFCC Grammar Format
Aarne Ranta
October 3, 2006
October 19, 2006
Author's address:
[``http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne`` http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne]
% to compile: txt2tags -thtml --toc gfcc.txt
History:
- 19 Oct: translation of lincats, new figures on C++
- 3 Oct 2006: first version
==What is GFCC==
GFCC is a low-level format for GF grammars. Its aim is to contain the minimum
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which is easy enough to deal with in interpreters.
===The representation of linearization types===
Linearization types (``lincat``) are not needed when generating with
GFCC, but they have been added to enable parser generation directly from
GFCC. The linearization type definitions are shown as a part of the
concrete syntax, by using terms to represent types. Here is the table
showing how different linearization types are encoded.
```
P* = size(P) -- parameter type
{_ : I ; __ : R}* = (I* @ R*) -- record of parameters
{r1 : T1 ; ... ; rn : Tn}* = [T1*,...,Tn*] -- other record
(P => T)* = [T* ,...,T*] -- size(P) times
Str* = ()
```
The category symbols are prefixed with two underscores (``__``).
For example, the linearization type ``present/CatEng.NP`` is
translated as follows:
```
NP = {
a : { -- 6 = 2*3 values
n : {ParamX.Number} ; -- 2 values
p : {ParamX.Person} -- 3 values
} ;
s : {ResEng.Case} => Str -- 3 values
}
__NP = [(6@[2,3]),[(),(),()]]
```
===Running the compiler and the GFCC interpreter===
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|| | GF | gfcc(hs) | gfcc++ |
| program size | 7249k | 803k | 113k
| grammar size | 336k | 119k | 119k
| read grammar | 1150ms | 510ms | 150ms
| read grammar | 1150ms | 510ms | 100ms
| generate 222 | 9500ms | 450ms | 800ms
| memory | 21M | 10M | 2M
| memory | 21M | 10M | 20M
To summarize:
- going from GF to gfcc is a major win in both code size and efficiency
- going from Haskell to C++ interpreter is a win in code size and memory,
but not so much in speed
- going from Haskell to C++ interpreter is not a win yet, because of a space
leak in the C++ version