Joseph Kesselman/CAM/Lotus wrote:
> If you don't like the terms "parser" (for fear of confusion with XML
> parser) or "compiler" (for fear of confusion with
> compilation-to-executable)... how about stepping outside the box and
> finding a synonym such as "scanner"? I've seen that one used in the past

Scanner implies that it's doing little more than tokenizing
the native format of the grammar file.

> for code which was something between a tokenizer and a parser... It might
> not be the best term, but it at least dodges the two obviou pitfalls.
> 
> Or "GrammarBuilder", which is both more general and more specific...

Perhaps "*Builder" or "*Loader" are more appropriate afterall.
I prefer the latter just because it seems to imply loading from
a stream as opposed to building out of thin air, as an example.

-- 
Andy Clark * [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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