Re: Parsing Expression Grammar

wclodius@lanl.gov
10 Sep 2005 12:28:54 -0400

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From: wclodius@lanl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 10 Sep 2005 12:28:54 -0400
Organization: http://groups.google.com
References: 05-09-00905-09-023
Keywords: parse, practice
Posted-Date: 10 Sep 2005 12:28:54 EDT

Paul Mann wrote:
> "Chris F Clark" <cfc@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote in message
> > But, as a potential language designer, you need to think long and hard
> > about why you want to create a language which has no LL(1) grammar.
>
> Answer: Readability for human's sake.


But the LL(1) constraint results in relatively easy to parse languages
for both humans and computers. It might not be the most succinct way
of expressing the grammar for some languages, e.g. operator
precedence, but I have trouble thinking of any programming language
construct whose parsing cannot be transformed to LL(1) that does not
also cause problems for the human reader.


> Why constrain your language to LL(1) when LALR(1) tools are available?


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