Re: LALR parser question

["Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>]

Le Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:06:53 +0200, Shark8 <onewingedshark@gmail.com> a  
écrit:

> hybrid  ascent-descent

That's a part of what I have in mind too :p But won't read the paper you  
mention, because I don't want to be influenced by others ideas on that  
topic, to avoid to unconsciously repeat what others already did.

Since some time I'm thinking again I should try to do one applying the  
idea I have in mind. The hybrid ascent-descent is indeed an option, while  
I believe the ascent is the most natural. I think the parser should read  
as the humans read, and humans, the most of the time, start looking at the  
tiny parts (the bottom) and goes bottom‑up, and just occasionally go  
top‑down, and so just when there is a clear marker for this, like a  
heading title in a text as an example and any other marker which only  
appears at the top of a construct.


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