From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2002-08-24T07:45:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Perl Exegesis 5 (good ideas for Ruby to consider?)

On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 03:37:04AM +0900, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> At 3:19 AM +0900 8/24/02, Phil Tomson wrote:
> >In article <F249FbCUalRlUwViKaZ000117d8@hotmail.com>,
> >Mike Wilson <wmwilson01@hotmail.com> 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".

What kind of grammars would it be able to parse? Is it LALR(1) as yacc?

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