Re: Recursive Descent Parser

Michael Larson <mklarson@gte.net>
22 Feb 2000 00:02:11 -0500

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From: Michael Larson <mklarson@gte.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 22 Feb 2000 00:02:11 -0500
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 00-01-027 00-01-032 00-02-034 00-02-058
Keywords: parse

> Chris F Clark <world!cfc@uunet.uu.net> wrote
> > > The essential problem here is that the
> > > poster is trying to write their first parser by hand. This is a
> > > TERRIBLE idea. No one should learn how to parse by writing
> > > hand-written parsers. ...


> When I get around to redoing the compiler, Flex and Bison (and their
> ilk) won't get a moment's thought. I might give PRECC a gander, but
> I'd be really scared to try and develop a large compiler with a
> product I haven't used for medium sized projects in the past. Randy
> Hyde


Hmm... I am wrtting a shading language compiler for Renderman.... I
have been having some problems with the language and putting various
work arounds in to fix problems with yacc.... If the language is small
enough and I am comfortable with recursive routines, should I try the
recursive decent approach first?


Mike Larson

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