---
name: "ssl"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "zmailer"
version: "2.99.55-3"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ssl"
---

# ssl(1)

syntax/semantic language preprocessor, for parser description/generation

## NAME

ssl - syntax/semantic language preprocessor, for parser description/generation

## SYNOPSIS

**ssl** \[ **-TLs** \] \[ **-E** *Name* \] \[ **-D** *type* \] \[ **-h** *file.sst.h* \] \[ **-t** *file.sst.c* \] \[ **-l** *file.lst* \] \[ **-e** *file.entry* \] \[ **-i** *file.ssl* \]

## DESCRIPTION

*Ssl* reads the input S/SL file, and produces C code. It accepts the following options:

- \-T

  Trace S/SL processor execution

- \-L

  Produce a listing of the S/SL source program with table coordinates in the left margin.

- \-s

  Summarize usage of symbol and output tables.

- \-D *Type*

  Sets type of the S/SL table to Type. The default is *int*.

- \-E *EnumName*

  Sets name of the enumerated type list to EnumName, which will have nilEnumName as the first item in the enumeration (with a value of -1). The default is no name.

- \-i *file.ssl*

  Input S/SL program file. The default is stdin.

- \-h *file.sst.h*

  Output C header file with the constant definitions for the program. The default is \
   *\`basename inputfile.ssl\`.sst.h*.

- \-t *file.sst.c*

  Output C S/SL program table file. The default is \
   *\`basename inputfile.ssl\`.sst.c*.

- \-l *file.lst*

  Output listing of the S/SL program with table coordinates in the left margin, if requested with the *-L* option. The default is \
   *\`basename inputfile.ssl\`.lst*.

- \-e *file.entry*

  Entry points file. The default is \
   *\`basename inputfile.ssl\`.entry*.

## SEE ALSO

*An Introduction to S/SL: Syntax/Semantic Language* by R.C. Holt, J.R. Cordy, and D.B. Wortman, in ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS), Vol 4, No. 2, April 1982, Pages 149-178. (The authors may be contacted through the Computer Systems Research Institute at the University of Toronto.)

## AUTHOR

Translated from Turing S/SL Processor V3.01 by Rayan Zachariassen, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, February 1988.\
 Original code by James R. Cordy, CSRI, University of Toronto, 14 January 1980 (Revised 2 March 1983)