Re: Writing a recursive descent parser in C

"Bill Rayer" <lingolanguage@hotmail.com>
7 Dec 2001 23:37:13 -0500

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From: "Bill Rayer" <lingolanguage@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 7 Dec 2001 23:37:13 -0500
Organization: Virgin Net Usenet Service
References: 01-11-146 01-12-008
Keywords: C, parse, comment
Posted-Date: 07 Dec 2001 23:37:12 EST

Dear Newsgroup


Edward G. Nilges <spinoza1111@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> bilbo@volcanomail.com (Antoine Lec.) wrote...
>
> > Given a free-context grammar, I'm trying to write a recursive descent
> > parser for this grammar, with a minimum of function:


[...interesting stuff deleted...]


> misunderstanding is a sad waste of the human spirit), but thanks to
> the MIS anti-intellectualism, which dismisses compiler design theory
> as a waste of time, "packages" still emerge based on pathological
> programming languages.


I'm interested that some 4GLs mix up the scanning and parsing stages.
What 4GLs do you consider to be most deficient in this way? And what
do you consider the most pathological languages? I'm not trying to
start a religious war here, I'm interested in language design - good and
bad!


Regards
Bill Rayer
lingolanguage <at> hotmail <dot> com
[It's not inherently evil to mix scanning and parsing, but when you do
so it's awfully easy to come up with a language with a syntax so messy
that it can't be described other than "it's what the parser parses."
-John]


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