Re: experience with jack, a yacc-like tool for java

"Sam Inala" <sami@microsoft.com>
27 Feb 1997 00:59:50 -0500

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From: "Sam Inala" <sami@microsoft.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers,comp.lang.java.misc
Date: 27 Feb 1997 00:59:50 -0500
Organization: Microsoft
References: 97-02-013 97-02-039
Keywords: tools, Java, yacc, parse

Dan Kelley <dan.kelley@dal.ca> wrote:


> A few days ago I posted to this group asking whether there was a
> yacc-like tool that created java code.
> Several folks mentioned that I should try 'Jack', at
> http://www.suntest.com/Jack/index.html
> while others suggested I try CUP, at
> http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/hudson/java_cup/home.html


For what it's worth, I have had excellent experiences with
JavaCup. Since the earliest versions, it has behaved exactly
as I expected. (Though you may need to use the -compact_red
option, as it warns.) I find the syntax much more pleasant than yacc.




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