[Commit] mint-2004b tool.tex,1.9,1.10
Keith Packard
commit at keithp.com
Wed Dec 1 18:39:58 PST 2004
Committed by: keithp
Update of /local/src/CVS/mint-2004b
In directory home.keithp.com:/tmp/cvs-serv30409
Modified Files:
tool.tex
Log Message:
note length of Nickle parser implementation
Index: tool.tex
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RCS file: /local/src/CVS/mint-2004b/tool.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -d -r1.9 -r1.10
--- tool.tex 1 Dec 2004 22:44:49 -0000 1.9
+++ tool.tex 2 Dec 2004 02:39:56 -0000 1.10
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
parsing tables. These tables can then be loaded by
lexer/parser libraries (the MINT runtime) implemented in the
desired target language. The lexer and parser are simple to
-implement. Implementing the canonical LR(1) table generation
+implement---the Nickle implementation is approximately 100 lines of code.
+Implementing the canonical LR(1) table generation
is tedious, and it is preferable to write it only once in a
high-level language. The MINT architecture decouples
table generation from processing, enabling simultaneous
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