Re: ANTLR, was C++ Grammar

"Mike Dimmick" <mike@dimmick.demon.co.uk>
24 Aug 2001 00:51:15 -0400

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From: "Mike Dimmick" <mike@dimmick.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 24 Aug 2001 00:51:15 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 01-08-037 01-08-046 01-08-055 01-08-058 01-08-089 01-08-115 01-08-124
Keywords: parse, tools
Posted-Date: 24 Aug 2001 00:51:15 EDT

"Aaron Gray" <aarongray@beeb.net> wrote in message
> ANTLR is a very misleading name, it implies that it is part of the YACC
> family, which is LR in nature, the name even contains an LR.


It's an abbreviation: ANother Tool for Language Recognition. At least
it doesn't claim to be able to produce a complete compiler, like xACC.


> And it is written in Java; yuck, horrible language,


I'd be inclined to agree, actually; why not try the 1.x versions, part
of the Purdue Compiler Construction Tool Set, or PCCTS, available at
http://www.polhode.com/pccts.html. More information available on the
comp.compilers.tools.pccts newsgroup.


HTH,


--
Mike Dimmick


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