Comments on: Recursive Descent Parsers in C# http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-descent-parsers-in-c/ ... but that doesn't matter, because I turn it into a sexy dance Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:41:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ken http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-descent-parsers-in-c/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Ken Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:52:59 +0000 http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-decent-parsers-in-c/#comment-292 <p>Great idea.</p> <p>I'll put the code on github in the near future.</p> Great idea.

I’ll put the code on github in the near future.

]]> By: Shannon Braun http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-descent-parsers-in-c/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Shannon Braun Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:10:22 +0000 http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-decent-parsers-in-c/#comment-287 <p>Thought your notes were great. Did you ever publish the code as a project that could be downloaded. I have looked and can't find it. Thanks.</p> Thought your notes were great. Did you ever publish the code as a project that could be downloaded. I have looked and can’t find it. Thanks.

]]> By: Thomas http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-descent-parsers-in-c/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Thomas Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:49:10 +0000 http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-decent-parsers-in-c/#comment-271 <p>Thank you for your comprehensible yet succinct note. I am certain it will prove helpful in my upcoming RDP project!</p> Thank you for your comprehensible yet succinct note. I am certain it will prove helpful in my upcoming RDP project!

]]> By: Clifton http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-descent-parsers-in-c/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Clifton Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:11:40 +0000 http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-decent-parsers-in-c/#comment-270 <p>I much appreciated your note. I have been looking for something like this because I'm working on a scripting language for a client's application, implemented in C#; however, it's built on a very messy ad-hoc parser and while I've fixed some bugs, I expect there are likely more. I had been defining an EBNF grammar for it, and was planning on converting it to an RDP by hand, but I'll certainly take a good close look at your work because it would eliminate a big chunk of tedious hand-coding.</p> I much appreciated your note. I have been looking for something like this because I’m working on a scripting language for a client’s application, implemented in C#; however, it’s built on a very messy ad-hoc parser and while I’ve fixed some bugs, I expect there are likely more. I had been defining an EBNF grammar for it, and was planning on converting it to an RDP by hand, but I’ll certainly take a good close look at your work because it would eliminate a big chunk of tedious hand-coding.

]]> By: Andrew http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-descent-parsers-in-c/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Andrew Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:02:01 +0000 http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-decent-parsers-in-c/#comment-269 <p>Good article. I have been looking for some materials regarding RDP (and not specifically C#, but it is a definite plus) and this is by far the best one. Very concise with just enough background.</p> Good article. I have been looking for some materials regarding RDP (and not specifically C#, but it is a definite plus) and this is by far the best one. Very concise with just enough background.

]]> By: Ken http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-descent-parsers-in-c/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Ken Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:19:18 +0000 http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-decent-parsers-in-c/#comment-268 <p>Hi Michael</p> <p>Shortly explained, what yield do is just syntactic sugar for creating a class that implements the IEnumerable interface (or IEnumerator, it can be used for both). And IEnumerable is C#'s lazy lists (to use functional programming jargon).</p> <p>But it is a good idea to write a longer separate entry. I have a half finished one about tree traversal which I think can be used for this purpose.</p> Hi Michael

Shortly explained, what yield do is just syntactic sugar for creating a class that implements the IEnumerable interface (or IEnumerator, it can be used for both). And IEnumerable is C#’s lazy lists (to use functional programming jargon).

But it is a good idea to write a longer separate entry. I have a half finished one about tree traversal which I think can be used for this purpose.

]]> By: Michael http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-descent-parsers-in-c/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Michael Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:19:13 +0000 http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-decent-parsers-in-c/#comment-267 <p>Hi Ken, what does C#'s yield actually do? I can't appreciate its elegance because I don't know what it does... (If it requires lots of explanation, write a separate log entry! :-)</p> Hi Ken, what does C#’s yield actually do? I can’t appreciate its elegance because I don’t know what it does… (If it requires lots of explanation, write a separate log entry! :-)

]]> By: Ken http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-descent-parsers-in-c/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Ken Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:18:59 +0000 http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-decent-parsers-in-c/#comment-266 <p>You are right (and a tiny bit wrong).</p> <p>You are right: I misspelled Backus (now fixed). Thanks.</p> <p>However, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash you should have used an en dash: "The en dash is used instead of a hyphen in compound adjectives for which neither part of the adjective modifies the other. That is, when each is modifying the noun." ;-)</p> You are right (and a tiny bit wrong).

You are right: I misspelled Backus (now fixed). Thanks.

However, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash you should have used an en dash: “The en dash is used instead of a hyphen in compound adjectives for which neither part of the adjective modifies the other. That is, when each is modifying the noun.” ;-)

]]> By: Andrzej http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-descent-parsers-in-c/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Andrzej Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:02:09 +0000 http://ken.friislarsen.net/blog/2006/09/08/recursive-decent-parsers-in-c/#comment-265 <p>Hi! Just a small remark: Barkus–Naur -> Backus-Naur, I believe. Would I be wrong?</p> Hi! Just a small remark: Barkus–Naur -> Backus-Naur, I believe. Would I be wrong?

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