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authorAlexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>2011-11-18 12:34:39 +0000
committerAlexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>2011-11-18 12:34:39 +0000
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-The Lemon program is an LALR(1) parser generator. It takes a context
-free grammar and converts it into a subroutine that will parse a file
-using that grammar.
+The Lemon program is an LALR(1) parser generator. It takes a context free
+grammar and converts it into a subroutine that will parse a file using that
+grammar.
-Lemon is similar to the much more famous programs "YACC" and "BISON".
-But lemon is not compatible with either yacc or bison. There are several
-important differences:
+Lemon is similar to much more famous programs Yacc and Bison. But lemon is
+not compatible with either of them; there are several important differences:
- . Lemon using a different grammar syntax which is less prone to
- programming errors.
+ - Lemon using a different grammar syntax which is less prone to
+ programming errors
- . Lemon generates a parser that is faster than Yacc or Bison
- parsers (according to the author).
+ - Lemon generates a parser that is faster than Yacc or Bison parsers
+ (according to the author)
- . The parser generated by Lemon is both re-entrant and thread-safe.
+ - The parser generated by Lemon is both re-entrant and thread-safe
- . Lemon includes the concept of a non-terminal destructor, which
- makes it much easier to write a parser that does not
- leak memory.
+ - Lemon includes the concept of a non-terminal destructor, which makes
+ it much easier to write a parser that does not leak memory
WWW: http://www.hwaci.com/sw/lemon/