Re: Schildt

On 23 Sep, 16:05, rich...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Tobin) wrote:
In article <h9d7qt$if...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Chris Dollin  <chris.dol...@xxxxxx> wrote:

  The issue of whether van Wijngaarden grammars clarify or obscure
  syntax descriptions is a matter of current debate: what is certain
  is that up to now they haven't inspired any new kinds of parsing
  mechanisms which can use their undoubted powers of expression.
  [Bornat, 1979]
I have that book!

Why am I not surprised...

It's much better to exhibit two page-long type expressions and mention
that they're not compatible!

(Quick, guess which programming language I'm referring to.)

Something ML-derived, I expect.  Or possibly XML Schemas.

C++ can produce some pretty nasty diagnostics
.

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