Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Kaz Kylheku <157-073-9834@kylheku.com> Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Compiler implementation language preference ? Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 04:00:39 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 19 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <18-11-003@comp.compilers> References: <18-05-009@comp.compilers> <18-11-001@comp.compilers> Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="85535"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: code, yacc Posted-Date: 10 Nov 2018 23:09:18 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2115 On 2018-11-09, rockbrentwood@gmail.com wrote: > A notable gap is that Yacc is not self-compiled; thereby falling short of the > "is it worth using" test! GNU Bison's grammar is written in Yacc. Amusingly, it is going to town with Bison extensions, so you need Bison to re build it: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bison.git/tree/src/parse-gram.y So the user doesn't have to, they keep the generated C in the repo. And that's about how far anyone can reasonably go in using a Yacc to build Yacc. -- TXR Programming Lanuage: http://nongnu.org/txr Music DIY Mailing List: http://www.kylheku.com/diy ADA MP-1 Mailing List: http://www.kylheku.com/mp1