From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:33:50 +0200 From: Lucio De Re To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20110722063350.GK1803@fangle.proxima.alt.za> References: <201107220536.p6M5agtv019617@freefriends.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201107220536.p6M5agtv019617@freefriends.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 Go (Was: GNU/Linux/Plan 9 disto) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 03e5d64c-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 05:36:42AM +0000, arnold@skeeve.com wrote: > > Does Go use things that are bison-specific? If not, maybe Berkeley Yacc > (there are various versions around) would be easier to port. > That's why I ask about Bison experts, it's hard to tell how deep the usage of bison-specific features goes without some familiarity. I do suspect that there is a whole generation of programmers out there that only knows the GNU dialects and I'm not a member of that club. I am only slightly curious about BSD Yacc (is that what NetBSD uses, I wonder?) as my education stopped short of compiler construction principles. Back then compiler generators were still a novelty. ++L