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From Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
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Subject Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ...
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:28:42 +0000, Stefan Ram wrote:

> =?UTF-8?B?Sm9zaHVhIENyYW5tZXIg8J+Qpw==?=  <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid>
> writes:
>>On 3/10/2013 5:54 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
>>>parsing Java
>>Actually, all of those examples fall under the category of lexing,
> 
>   Parsing is not lexing, usually parsing comes after lexing.

When I need to do that in Java I use the Coco/R parser generator. It 
generates both lexer and parser and IMO is more understandable than the 
classic C equivalent (Lex + Yacc or Flax + Bison), at least partly 
because its easy to modify or extend the framework it runs in and the 
generated code is fairly readable.


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regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... qwertmonkey@syberianoutpost.ru - 2013-03-10 02:27 +0000
  Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-03-09 21:33 -0500
  Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2013-03-09 21:00 -0600
  Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2013-03-09 23:33 -0600
  Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-10 10:27 +0000
  Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-03-10 12:55 +0000
  Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-03-10 07:57 -0700
    Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-03-10 22:39 +0100
      Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-03-10 15:54 -0700
        Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-03-11 21:03 +0100
        Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2013-03-11 17:00 -0500
          Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-03-11 18:31 -0400
            Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-03-11 18:40 -0400
              Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-03-11 21:39 -0400
          Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-03-11 23:06 +0000
          Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2013-03-11 20:56 -0500
            Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-03-11 22:06 -0400
            Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-03-12 09:30 -0400
      Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-03-10 16:24 -0700
        Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-03-11 21:08 +0100
          Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-03-11 16:59 -0400
            Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-03-11 22:24 +0100
      Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-03-11 21:00 +0100
    Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-03-13 08:07 +0100
  Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ... markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-03-10 11:16 -0700

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