Subj : Re: How-to on writing an interpreter?
To   : comp.programming
From : Charles Richmond
Date : Tue Jul 26 2005 02:09 am

CBFalconer wrote:
> 
> Casey Hawthorne wrote:
> >
> > Has anybody mentioned the book the "Art of Java" by Herbert Schildt
> > and James Holmes 2003 - it has a basic recursive descent parser in
> > Chapter 3!
> 
> I doubt Schildt is any more accurate in Java than he is in C.  That
> book is probably best burnt.
> 
So you are saying that Hitler had the right idea, he just burned
the wrong books.   ;-)   [Godwin's Law...end of thread.]

Perhaps the answer is just to get Mr. Schildt a job he is qualified
for...like sweeping the floor or bussing tables.

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