Subj : Re: Parser generators for a simple language form. How?
To   : comp.programming
From : Alex Fraser
Date : Thu Aug 04 2005 07:43 pm

"Jon Harrop" <usenet@jdh30.plus.com> wrote in message
news:42f1f90f$0$3489$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net...
> Alex Fraser wrote:
> > "Jon Ripley" <news@jonripley.com> wrote in message
> > news:8jSHe.70610$dN6.21997@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >> Alex Fraser wrote:
> > [snip]
> >> > Which language are the parsers currently implemented in? Are they
> >> > "hand coded" or did you use a parser generator?
> >>
> >> The parsers are currently implemented in 100% hand coded BBC BASIC.
> >
> > Have you considered converting them directly to C?
>
> I really wouldn't recommend that. At _least_ use a language with GC and
> native strings.

A language with native strings would help to some extent - that's part of
why I suggested C++ as an alternative to C in the bit you have snipped.

However, I don't think GC would be of any benefit whatsoever when converting
code from BBC BASIC. (Writing a parser from scratch is a different matter.)

Alex

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