From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id OAA27831; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:57:54 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA27733 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:57:51 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i8GCvnfW016424 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:57:50 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp202-133.lns1.syd3.internode.on.net [203.122.202.133]) by smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i8GCvV4Y018334; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 22:27:32 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Need NFA/DFA conversion help From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: Diego Olivier Fernandez Pons Cc: caml-list In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1095339449.27775.1205.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 16 Sep 2004 22:57:30 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 41498DCD.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 pons:01 language':01 jacobs:99 9660:01 glebe:01 regexp:01 regexp:01 fernandez:01 nsw:01 exists:01 olivier:02 snail:02 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 21:50, Diego Olivier Fernandez Pons wrote: > In the same way a grammar that admits 'actions in the middle of a > regexp [] rather than at the end' could hardly qualify as a 'rational > language' which is what regexp theoretically describe. Yes, so I am seeking an extension of the theory strong enough to allow such 'actions' but weak enough to still allow determinism -- if it exists. And I'll need a constructive proiof -- that is, an algorithm :) > - general textbook > > Parsing techniques (Dick Grune, Ceriel J.H. Jacobs) (electronic > version on free download) > http://www.cs.vu.nl/~dick/PTAPG.html This looks like it would be a great reference but the FTP site seems to be down. -- John Skaller, mailto:skaller@users.sf.net voice: 061-2-9660-0850, snail: PO BOX 401 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia Checkout the Felix programming language http://felix.sf.net ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners