From: ken.lacrosse@... Date: 2002-08-24T03:43:24+09:00 Subject: Re: Perl Exegesis 5 (good ideas for Ruby to consider?) Or perhaps "Parse::RecDescent - not just a module and good idea, it's part of the language!". Ken "Long time lurker, first time poster" From: Dan Sugalski on 08/23/2002 11:37 AM Please respond to ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org To: ruby-talk ML cc: Subject: Re: Perl Exegesis 5 (good ideas for Ruby to consider?) At 3:19 AM +0900 8/24/02, Phil Tomson wrote: >In article , >Mike Wilson wrote: >>You can find the Perl Exegesis 5 here: >>http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/08/22/exegesis5.html >> >>Anyone else get more and more glad that Ruby exists every time they see a >>new Perl Exegesis? > >;-) > >Actually, there are some pretty cool things in this particular exegesis. >Check it out. I just skimmed it, but it seems like they're making regex's >more object oriented for one. Also, they're adding the ability to define >grammars (looks like a new grammar keyword has been added) with rules and >patterns. This will be a great language for parsing other languages. The executive summary of A5/E5 is "Perl 5 regexes with yacc and lex rolled in". -- Dan --------------------------------------"it's like this"------------------- Dan Sugalski even samurai dan@sidhe.org have teddy bears and even teddy bears get drunk