Re: Java compiler development tools

johnm@non.net (John D. Mitchell)
21 Jul 1997 10:00:23 -0400

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From: johnm@non.net (John D. Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers,comp.lang.java.programmer
Date: 21 Jul 1997 10:00:23 -0400
Organization: Non, Inc.
References: 97-07-068 97-07-074
Keywords: Java, tools

Jocelyn Paine <popx@ermine.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>Does anyone have any recommendations for free compiler development tools
>in Java? I'm looking particularly for lexical-analyser- and
>parser-generators, or tools to help write lexical analysers and parsers.


Besides Sun's JavaCC, there is also Scott Hudson's JavaCup and, my
favorite, Parr's ANTLR v2.x (http://java.magelang.com/antlr).


ANTLR and JavaCC are LL while JavaCup is, IIRC, LALR.


AFAIK, all three are free to use.




>Must have good error reporting and recovery, ...


ANTLR has "parser exception handling" which works nicely.


Hope this helps,
John










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