Path: csiph.com!xmission!usenet.csail.mit.edu!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Roger L Costello Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Have you implemented a parser or compiler in SQL? Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 11:37:29 +0000 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 19 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <21-07-024@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="78371"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: practice, history Posted-Date: 21 Jul 2021 12:32:18 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Content-Language: en-US X-OriginatorOrg: mitre.org Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2688 Hello Compiler Experts! I read this [1] on Quora: > I have written some complex things in SQL, like a parser and compiler Interesting! Have you done that - written a parser and/or compiler in SQL? How did you do it? Is there a web page or book that describes how to do it? /Roger [1] https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-strangest-code-youve-seen-a-senior-developer- write/answer/Ryan-Gedwill?comment_id=72467562&comment_type=2 [I can imagine how to do it but it is hard to imagine why you'd do it other than as a stunt. I am reminded of Henry Spencer's Amazing Awk Assembler. -John]