20 Aug
2008
20 Aug
'08
3:55 p.m.
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Johannes Waldmann wrote:
On parsers: yes, LL/LR theory and table-based parsers have been developed for a reason and it's no easy decision to throw them out. Still, even Parsec kind of computes the FIRST sets?
No, it doesn't. That's not actually possible for monadic parsers as they support context-sensitive languages and have no means of telling them from context-free ones. -- flippa@flippac.org "I think you mean Philippa. I believe Phillipa is the one from an alternate universe, who has a beard and programs in BASIC, using only gotos for control flow." -- Anton van Straaten on Lambda the Ultimate