From: Alex Gutteridge <alexg@...>
Date: 2009-03-27T02:00:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Writing a language converter in Ruby ?

On 26 Mar 2009, at 16:51, Albert Schlef wrote:

> Brian Candler wrote:
>> Albert Schlef wrote:
>>> That's interesting. I see that their DSL looks like:
>>>
>>>  rule additive
>>>    multitive '+' additive / multitive
>>>  end
>>>
>>> Do you notice? There's "end" there but no "do"! How is it possible?
>>
>> Because it's not Ruby.
>> [snip]
>> Presumably, TXL's language *requires* a rule body followed by end.
>
> But I was not talking about TXL. I was talking about Treetop
> (http://treetop.rubyforge.org/).
>
> --  
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.


Treetop grammers aren't written in Ruby (or TXL) they're their own  
custom language.

Alex Gutteridge
Systems Biology Centre
University of Cambridge