From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22802 invoked from network); 5 Jul 2021 03:43:31 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 5 Jul 2021 03:43:31 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 773929CA51; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:43:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C22C9C9F1; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:43:07 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="kzvwAOpr"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C439F9C9F1; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:41:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ot1-f45.google.com (mail-ot1-f45.google.com [209.85.210.45]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66D7F9C9F0 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:41:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ot1-f45.google.com with SMTP id n99-20020a9d206c0000b029045d4f996e62so16994538ota.4 for ; Sun, 04 Jul 2021 20:41:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=MUYvxTfq8QFI4uV23MVZoJWeCuSc1f5XZrm9oW642gc=; b=kzvwAOprFCnimJqslOm8PF3yOHy1dVGyY6l6N+nXzl+EyhS1lg1fEHOop2+4L6lr9X Tvxu2tJg8W+cWzTEi5fo/3z1kkf0tr2iRXwqYSTM9VF5s/ioHu8EF1pRYx04wephFsHM lnTrHZLy/Mz9dDkmuGOyPjxZ2vW/gEriA1bUdiT8Y9Md3LcU+cfuQxqA5RILvzQfljGN 7zv6cOJ1VhCwFEOa6vPmlc1KSWJ9OT6RQcviEd3Fc9BpKWwlBaarSF1/oRMroUu//X/H s0rMmqLcCvAQM2zrUr0JJYYOxQnpb0aY420Hz03WLBoRxtpD49tm4B8T7XQrccHSAY+U PzmA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=MUYvxTfq8QFI4uV23MVZoJWeCuSc1f5XZrm9oW642gc=; b=dIzcukKbN6pbxmIGp20+60aLtBRXRLqcIuVTsVlis2Zddx0LZBBphFU3ukIO3I01I2 x/z1X5bj9hcyyYkA73Q405MLMo8O97+zoRRCXF2mJHK1Q6jZx2Ud3DVGLBGv4tzHWECf GhXCCWOiJkV5MKpCGf4f72V0hFp6Xpwh7/Rg3zPHTsoUgZf8pv9vHGRjq/c7XEv/efIZ psuJmW33Tz2bMuQuBUWj6oTtI0c/bbl9K89DzmNv1nwW6uK72hmw1CW1tSah+zvKMBnX vJMuWfzVBQU3b1LviqaTP8oL5D2cODzMKkKApOa9MDFJsyZamyXg2n7W31NLbodqRxlT eqeA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531bpLevWFNhhVNDa7OAQ2ppMHgNsarBQ6deKZJ5q6TwIzxN95N8 BrpZ4A3f86qfSCsTb5cS5Rx4kk98K5BYfA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxPZoeGutEa35Wh2Qx2Fgl5vjEyyq5RFPhz3sBi6alEKXFG5zx0klkcr80fk56EFBNbHOkK4g== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:119:: with SMTP id i25mr3466479otp.28.1625456507661; Sun, 04 Jul 2021 20:41:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpclient.apple (107-215-223-229.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net. [107.215.223.229]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id m16sm2050069oom.44.2021.07.04.20.41.46 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 04 Jul 2021 20:41:47 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.100.0.2.22\)) From: Bakul Shah In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2021 20:41:45 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <1EA570C7-10FB-4E01-8D9C-4789F1F1840E@iitbombay.org> References: <424dde98-7a42-57e6-e13a-83c3e6ccc020@dotat.at> To: George Michaelson X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.100.0.2.22) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Dennis Ritchie's couch X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > On Jul 4, 2021, at 4:40 PM, George Michaelson = wrote: >=20 > I wasn't very good at making jokes at the best of times, but I thought > the innate tabular nature of a yacc parser and the role of yyparse() > and the syntax yacc is written in would have got us there.=20 The difference is that one can incorporate a precedence parser for = expressions in a recursive parser easily, without needing yacc by handcrafting the = table.=20 -- Bakul