Re: Advice on Writing a Parser Generator

Chris Dollin <kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
15 Aug 2003 23:39:48 -0400

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From: Chris Dollin <kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 15 Aug 2003 23:39:48 -0400
Organization: HPLB
References: 03-08-027
Keywords: Java, parse, tools
Posted-Date: 15 Aug 2003 23:39:48 EDT

Stefanie Scherzinger wrote:


> Hello,
>
> I plan to write a parser generator, very similar to YACC, for Java.


You do know about JavaCC, right?


(I haven't used it myself, but a colleague has, so I know it "works".
On t'other hand, having been stung badly by trying to use flex and
bison to generate lexers/parsers for a couple of languages, at the
moment I'm in the "we don't need no adjectiving parser generators!"
camp. "The wheel turns, does it not, Ambassador?")


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