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From: Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com>
Subject: Re: Parser generator tools (Was Re: aflexx/ayacc)
Date: 1999/03/14
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On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Nick Roberts wrote:
> Brian Rogoff wrote in message ...
> |Hi,
> | Has anyone created any parser generator tools for Ada (95) besides
> |aflex/ayacc which they'd be willing to release under some sort of
> |"open source" license? In particular, I'd be interested in an LL(k) style
> |parsergen like ANTLR or PRECC or even RDP for Ada-95, since I'm basically
> |a recursively decent fellow. I'm willing to help debug code if necessary.
> 
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> This is obviously a subject of interest to me (I am writing an Ada
> compiler).

A parser generator seems like the wrong approach to me if you are writing
an Ada compiler. If I were (crazy enough to be :-) doing that, I'd
probably hand code the parser. 

The reason I'm interested in such tools is that the field I work in has a 
huge number of standard (and not so standard) text file formats for data 
exchange, and I need to write lots of one-off tools. 

-- Brian

> I don't know of any such tools, but I am considering the idea of
> writing something like this, which might (or might not) suit your needs.  If
> you get involved in writing or developing something like this, I may well be
> interested in participating.
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