@cmuratori @JasperBekkers @hamishtodd1 The second edition modernizes it. I think it holds up.
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Replying to @won3d
@won3d@cmuratori@JasperBekkers@hamishtodd1 If you use lex or yacc, you're doing it wrong. The LCC book reflects actual practice.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nothings
@nothings@won3d@JasperBekkers@hamishtodd1 I agree at face value, but I _do_ think generation is the right approach. Just not _those_.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@won3d@JasperBekkers@hamishtodd1 Generation makes sense if you change your language a lot in major syntactic ways.#youshouldnt3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @nothings
@nothings@won3d@JasperBekkers@hamishtodd1 It also (practically) broadens the language set and improves error tolerance/reporting.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@won3d@JasperBekkers@hamishtodd1 Need a proof of concept for the latter claim, since yacc demonstrably ruins error reporting.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nothings
@nothings@cmuratori@won3d@JasperBekkers@hamishtodd1 The real problem is that nobody ever bothers with replacing default yacc error msgs.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@rygorous@cmuratori@won3d@JasperBekkers@hamishtodd1 Hundreds, because you need to make the whole thing LALR & disambiguated etc.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nothings
@nothings@rygorous@won3d@JasperBekkers@hamishtodd1 LALR disambiguation isn't relevant anymore. Backtracking is where it's at, IMO.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@nothings@won3d@JasperBekkers@hamishtodd1 Of course, C++ completely blows up on that one as well:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14589346/is-c-context-free-or-context-sensitive …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@rygorous @nothings @won3d @JasperBekkers @hamishtodd1 Yet another reason to hate C++ :)
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