Re: Evaluation of parser generators

In response to Basim Kadhims post:


> Eli doesn't really require support tools beyond standard utilities
> you'll find on any Unix machine.


I should note that the early work will be done on my home machine,
which is not currently a Unix processor. I am not ruling out
conversion to Unix at home, but it does make me sensitive to
portability issues.


> We do have a complete grammar for Fortran 77 and 90 (they are
> actually bundled together). The Fortran 77 specification also
> includes an attribute grammar for name and type analysis (and SUIF
> code generation).


I should note that I was very pleased with Waite's documentation of
many of these issues. I was a little surprised in checking up on SUIF
that in the latest version they still seem to be relying on a modified
version of f2c instead of your new version. I was also a little
surprised that you have not followed up with an F90 SUIF generator,
although F90 is unfashionable.


William B. Clodius
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