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 HAA12390; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 07:47:35 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id HAA12530 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 07:47:34 +0100 (MET) Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA24501 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 03:50:51 +0100 (MET) Received: from ajax.cs.uga.edu (ajax.cs.uga.edu [128.192.251.3]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h0Q2oov16578 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 03:50:50 +0100 (MET) Received: from cs.uga.edu (ajax [128.192.251.3]) by ajax.cs.uga.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA17880 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:50:46 -0500 (EST) Cc: caml-list Subject: Re: [Caml-list] camlp4 vs. ocamllex/yacc? References: <200301241415.44042.da209@cam.ac.uk> <15921.22474.602526.543452@lri.lri.fr> From: Ed L Cashin Date: 25 Jan 2003 21:50:47 -0500 In-Reply-To: <15921.22474.602526.543452@lri.lri.fr> Message-ID: <87ptqkpqt4.fsf@cs.uga.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Jean-Christophe Filliatre writes: ... > The (sole?) advantage of ocamlyacc is when you already have a YACC > grammar. Turning it into an ocamlyacc grammar is almost immediate. I am using ocamlyacc for a compilers course. I think I'm sticking to ocamlyacc because all the other students are using bison, but I got curious when reading this thread. I decided to check out camlp4, and I found this page: http://caml.inria.fr/camlp4/ ... where I read what could be construed as another disadvantage of camlp4: Developpment stopped: no more extension, or bug fix is assured I'm not sure what to make of it, though. There's an old thread in the archives where the principle camlp4 developer at the time seems to indicate an intention to only work on a version that's separate from the ocaml distribution. What's the current situation? Is there some kind of version split going on now? -- --Ed L Cashin | PGP public key: ecashin@uga.edu | http://noserose.net/e/pgp/ ------------------- 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