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From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: byacc and Perl
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On Sat, 10 May 1997, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > > Would upgrading byacc to the Perl capable version cause any uproar?  For
> > > example you can do:
> > 
> > If you want to have real fun, try the Java-capable version! :-)
> > (Search Yahoo for "byacc/java")
> 
> I have, with the permission of the maintainer, added C++ code
> generation support to yacc (it generates interface implementations
> for a yacc parser class).
> 
> I expected to merge the Perl and Java generation into the code
> as part of the cleanup.

Great!
 
> Has anyone else (besides me) contacted the official maintainer?

Yacc in our tree hasn't been touched for quite awhile aside from the
recent -o addition.  Is Robert Corbett actively maintaining yacc and if so
how far out of sync are we?

I was browsing the source and noticed transitive closure routines in it.

Kinda figures doesn't it?  ;-)

Regards,


Mike Hancock