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Article #3299Re: Algol68
From: Donald Lindsay
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1991 01:48
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1991 01:48
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In article <801@taniwha.UUCP> paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell) writes: >... modern language designers tend to >choose grammers that are lr0 (or slr/whatever) because they want them to >go through yacc. Some of us would rephrase that. We use lr0 (etc), because otherwise the users get confused. CF the failed "user extendable grammar" languages. >By the way - for the record if you ever have to implement operators >with changing priorities (ala A68/Ada) it's easy, ... >... and at run time compare the priorities >of the stacked OP and the one about to be shifted, use this information >to decide whether to shift or reduce (ie resolve the conflict at run-time). This does not sound like a language feature to be proud of. -- Don D.C.Lindsay .. temporarily at Carnegie Mellon Robotics
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!gandalf.cs.cmu.edu!lindsay From: lindsay@gandalf.cs.cmu.edu (Donald Lindsay) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Algol68 Message-ID: <12543@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Date: 31 Mar 91 01:48:05 GMT References: <801@taniwha.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 19