Re: what kind of non microconroller app are done in forth?

On 20 Apr, 13:23, Jonah Thomas <jethom...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Gerry <ge...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Jonah Thomas <jethom...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > I'd start with a tool that parses traditional EBNF. Anton Ertl's
> > > Grey and Brad Rodriguez's BNF parser both parse BNF, but as I
> > > understand it they both use their own idiosyncratic commands and
> > > they both parse by whitespace. Traditional BNF code doesn't care
> > > about whitespace and usually will have to be massaged to fit a Forth
> > > parser. If we can accept EBNF as it's usually written that might be
> > > a start toward writing compilers for languages that have EBNF
> > > descriptions.
>
> > Just over a year ago when using the Gray parser generator I found the
> > Gray syntax too ***bersome so I wrote a EBNF to Gray converter i.e.
> > takes in a EBNF grammar [1], with embedded actions, and outputs a Gray
> > source file. This converter is itself a Gray application that takes in
> > its EBNF description to produce its own Gray source code. If anyone is
> > interested I can make it available.
>
> > [1] 2 small additions to EBNF, firstly each production has to end with
> > a semicolon, secondly the first production is assumed to be the root
> > and name of the grammar.
>
> I'd be very much interested. I put an hour into doing it from scratch.
> Something that already works....- Hide quoted text -
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I've emailed you a copy. I'd appreciate it if you let me know how you
got on with it or if the email doesn't reach you

Gerry