Re: Syntax diagram driven parser

Dan Cohen <dancohen@canuck.com>
25 Sep 2000 13:21:09 -0400

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From: Dan Cohen <dancohen@canuck.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 25 Sep 2000 13:21:09 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 00-09-173 00-09-176
Keywords: syntax, parse, tools

Joachim Durchholz wrote:
>...
> be a challenge. It's hard to beat text editors, and BNF is a text form
>...


I agree with both ideas: It seems like a neat idea to write a compiler
in diagrams (like a tool can generate Java from UML). It also seems like
a neat idea to work with BNF. Both UML and BNF are really really simple,
once you develop a little fluency.


Mostly, the "text editor" idea is an endorsment for "KISS", which is
always a neat idea, even though diagrams can be very seductive.


  -- Dan Cohen in Calgary




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