Re: Why separate Lexical & Parser Generators

Walter Smith <wrs@apple.com>
Mon, 10 Oct 1994 21:13:59 GMT

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From: Walter Smith <wrs@apple.com>
Keywords: tools, PCCTS
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
References: 94-10-028 94-10-058
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 21:13:59 GMT

John Heron, heronj@smtplink.NGC.COM writes:
> Pardon me if this question is naive. Why have a separate parser generator
> and lexical analyzer generator?


Terence Parr has been exploring the idea of specifying lexical analysis and
parsing in the same language and the same place for a future version of
PCCTS. You might want to check comp.compilers.tools.pccts for more info.


- W


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