On Friday, Jan 31, 2003, at 10:04 US/Pacific, webguy wrote: > ... but only really for those that want to build hard core compliers > (i.e. > nerds like J.J. & Sean C. ), you can use things like lex and Yacc (Yet
I resemble that remark! :) > Another Compiler Compiler) to build a compiler. Building a compiler is > just > 1 step away from being a computer programmer nirvana. > Building an OS is nirvana. Heh... maybe... Anyways, lex is a good tool (although lexers are so easy to write) but yacc is fairly restrictive and cannot handle all languages (e.g., it is not possible to write a full C++ compiler using pure yacc). Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
