Re: Does the theory and algorithms of compiler design also apply to data formats?

From	Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
Newsgroups	comp.compilers
Subject	Re: Does the theory and algorithms of compiler design also apply to data formats?
Date	2022-01-23 21:05 +0000
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gah4 <gah4@u.washington.edu> schrieb:

> In the cases where a data format has enough structure to be parsable with
> compiler tools, it is usually named a programming language.

I think STEP (the CAD graphics format) is an exception.

A language called EXPRESS (specified in something like BNF) is used
to specify a "schema", and this specification can then be used to
write parsers for the actual file.  All of this is specified in
standards which are quite expensive.

When I had occasion to write out CAD data from programs I wrote
myself, I looked at this workflow for an hour and decided to use
IGES instead.

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Does the theory and algorithms of compiler design also apply to data formats? Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org> - 2022-01-22 23:54 +0000
  Re: Does the theory and algorithms of compiler design also apply to data formats? gah4 <gah4@u.washington.edu> - 2022-01-22 20:33 -0800
    Re: Does the theory and algorithms of compiler design also apply to data formats? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-01-23 21:05 +0000
  Re: Does the theory and algorithms of compiler design also apply to data formats? "matt.ti...@gmail.com" <matt.timmermans@gmail.com> - 2022-01-23 06:58 -0800

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