parser generator tools

Daniel Vainsencher danielv at netvision.net.il
Mon Sep 8 10:28:25 UTC 2003


"Ralph P. Boland" <rpboland at math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> My tool  will be designed to parse complex grammars
> (much more complex than LR(1) grammars) 
Intersting. Any references to examples/descriptions of the grammars you
refer to?

> quickly based
> upon an algorithm I have been developing for years.
> I refer to the parsing technowledgy as  "Meta-Reduction Parsing"  because
> the algorithm does "multiple reductions to an entire subtree at a time".
Any papers?

> At the moment I am planning to develop it in  Smalltalk (Squeak) since the
> algorithm is quite complex and Java is painful to use.
Cool.

> I am also interested in hearing from  anyone who wants to use my parser 
> generator and
> what you intent to use it for.
> 
> I would appreciate hearing from anyone interested in my project.
I'm interested in learning more about it.

> Thanks
> 
> Ralph Boland



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