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Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.misc, comp.lang.python, comp.lang.lisp, comp.emacs, comp.lang.functional
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 22:52:30 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sat, May 10 2008 1:52 am
Subject: implementation for Parsing Expression Grammar?
In the past weeks i've been thinking over the problem on the practical
problems of regex in its matching power. For example, often it can't be used to match anything of nested nature, even the most simple nesting. It can't be used to match any simple grammar expressed by BNF. Some rather very regular and simple languages such as XML, or even url, email address, are not specified as a regex. (there exist regex that are pages long that tried to match email address though) I wrote out a more elaborate account of my thoughts here: ---------------- After days of researching this problem, looking into parsers and its What i was looking for is called Parsing Expression Grammar (PEG). See It seems to me it's already in Perl6, and there's also a Thanks. Xah ☄ You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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