Re: TXL ANTLR

Jatin Bhateja <Jatin_Bhateja@mentor.com>
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:25:43 +0530

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From: Jatin Bhateja <Jatin_Bhateja@mentor.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:25:43 +0530
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 08-08-088
Keywords: tools
Posted-Date: 29 Aug 2008 12:33:48 EDT

  >I was wondering what the difference is between TXL and ANTLR, are
  >these similar tools. What other tools are there than can be used for
  >help in building compilers besides these and of course LEX/YACC?


  >I am not interested in starting a flame war, just want to know what
  >you people use and which you can recommend.


  >I have looked a bit on ANTLR and it seems quite nice, but was juse
  >wondering if there are other alternatives.


TXL and ANTLR both have following common features


        * Both are LL(k) parser generators.
        * Both are mainly used for making language translation. Can
            generates parse tree and a tree walker.


ANTLR is a popular tool and the code generated is very clean, easy to
understand and edited also.


The fundamental difference b/w ANTLR/TXL and Yacc is the underlined
parsing algorithm. Yacc is an LALR parser
generator.


Hope this gives you some idea.


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Thanks and Regards
Jatin Bhateja

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