Re: From a JavaCC code to Delphi? About grammars and that stuff that i don't know

From: mamcx (thismail_at_notexist.com)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:40:53 -0500

> http://portableminds.com/plinks.htm

Ok, done. While waiting for a reply i read a litle more about this.
Thanks for the info

> A grammar is the syntax rules of a language. BNF is a way of expressing
> a grammar.

Fine.

> Depending on the complexity of your grammar, it can be expressed
> through a regular expression. According to the parser book, available
> through the link I posted above, Regular expressions exist for all Type
> 3 grammars.

Err.... this mean i can find a similar RegEx for say, this query parser :)?

> I haven't checked the complexity of the grammar used there, but still,
> you'll get better results finding (or adapting) a parser genenerator
> that generates Delphi code.

So is best avoid doing this with RegEx?

> Google for Delphi Parser Generators. The link I posted above will lead
> to some coco-based generators. This might be interesting too:
>
> http://www.lischke-online.de/DCG.php

I download others, and this make at least SOME sense... But still i'm
lost...

Anyway i do a try and let se what happend....

Thanks for the input...

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