There is now a collection of Parser topics on J Wiki
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Parsing
Take a look at the JSON parser, which is built similar
to J shift-reduce table, using tacit programming.
--- Jack Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi dan,
>
> > For more complex structures, you can use FSM, dyadic ;: . You can find an
>
> yeah, i was talking about LR parsing
>
> so i construct a parse table myself, yes? (rather than having a
> parser generator)
> i seem to remember when inspecting the source of an old version of j
> that the parse table was hand crafted. is this hard? i know the
> principle of producing a FSM from a grammar, and it appears a little
> complex. can it actually be more concise and transparent to hand
> craft a parse table? i'm ready to believe that it may be.
>
> ta, jack
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