[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Server/ruleset unification & grammars [Was [RFC PATCH] init_techs]

[Stepan Roh <stepan@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Arien Malec wrote:

> The concept of a small/little language is, IMHO, exactly the right one. The
> choice of parsing infrastructure, however, depends on how complex the little
> language is. lex/yacc are great for a complex language with LALR grammars, but
> there is a certain overhead associated with them. If we confine ourselves to
> LL(1) grammars, we don't need that overhead.
>
> The sort of attribute setting stuff that the server and rulesets do is not
> terribly hard & doesn't *need* the full overhead of lex/yacc.

Sure, there is no need to use yacc, but lex could be useful. It can
produce powerful parsers.

Have a nice day.

Stepan Roh