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Re^2: Perl not BNF-able??

by merlyn (Sage)
on Jul 01, 2005 at 14:56 UTC ( [id://471746]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Perl not BNF-able??
in thread Perl not BNF-able??

In a recent conversation with TheDamian, he admitted that Perl6's goal of being able to be lexed and parsed separately was unrealistic. Perl6 will therefore inherit Perl5's necessity of a tight coupling between the lexer and the parser. Oh well.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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Re^3: Perl not BNF-able??
by adrianh (Chancellor) on Jul 02, 2005 at 00:24 UTC
    Perl6 will therefore inherit Perl5's necessity of a tight coupling between the lexer and the parser. Oh well.

    We do at least have an explicit parser/lexer system to play with in Perl 6, which should enable us to more easily write Perl programs that parse Perl.

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