Re: ALGOL - lexical analyzer

glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu>
8 May 2005 17:00:34 -0400

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From: glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 8 May 2005 17:00:34 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 05-05-027 05-05-029 05-05-031
Keywords: algol68, lex
Posted-Date: 08 May 2005 17:00:34 EDT

Henry Spencer wrote:


(snip regarding ALGOL 68)


> Quoting ("stropping") was discussed, and if memory serves,
  > a British group reported favorable experience with using periods
  > rather than quotes as keyword markers, e.g. .begin and .end.


This is well known from Fortran, with the relational and logical
operators in Fortran 66, and the user defined operators that
appeared later.


I don't know that anyone likes it, but it does work, and isn't
so hard to type. Quoting with a shifted character would be worse.


-- glen

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