From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>
Date: 2005-04-15T01:14:55+09:00
Subject: Re: BNF-like grammar specified DIRECTLY in Ruby


On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Eric Mahurin wrote:

> I hope I'm not intruding, but I think I found something you'll like.  I 
> think I finally found the holy grail I was looking for in a language - 
> the ability to easily write a readable grammar (BNF-like) directly in 
> the target langauge.  I attached a syntax.rb that defines all the 
> classes needed and generic expression evaluator example. The reasons I'm 
> sending this message to the core mailing list is that 1) I want feedback 
> on the API, 2) I think this should be considered for one of the built-in 
> classes (or at least in the standard library) because of its simplicity 
[...]
> p.s. I just learned Ruby last week!  I really love
> this language!  It's got the best of Perl, C++,


Let me tell you just one thing: we need more people like you.


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