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From: Paul Winalski <paul.winalski@gmail.com>
To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] v7 K&R C [really lexers]
Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 12:31:28 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABH=_VTbqW8eFCgH1u1TYgtosYqthSgerCxxppstAGx939wq3w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202005162359.04GNxalN3783011@darkstar.fourwinds.com>

Regarding lex/yacc/flex/bison, I remember (ca. 1980) when DEC's
compiler group first got their hands on lex and yacc.  For yucks they
put the BLISS grammar through yacc.  It came back with an error
message that the grammar was ambiguous.  And it turned out that, yes,
Wulf's grammar for BLISS had an obscure corner case that *was*
ambiguous.  That caused quite a stir.

-Paul W.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-05-17 16:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-25  1:59 [TUHS] v7 K&R C Adam Thornton
2020-04-25  2:37 ` Charles Anthony
2020-04-25  2:47   ` Adam Thornton
2020-04-25  2:51     ` Rob Pike
2020-04-25  2:54       ` Rob Pike
2020-04-25  3:04         ` Larry McVoy
2020-04-25  3:30           ` Clem Cole
2020-04-25  3:43             ` Larry McVoy
2020-04-25  3:54               ` Jon Steinhart
2020-04-25 11:44                 ` Michael Kjörling
2020-04-25 13:17             ` Dan Cross
2020-05-11  0:28         ` scj
2020-05-11  0:32           ` Rob Pike
2020-05-11  0:57             ` Larry McVoy
2020-05-11 17:32               ` Greg A. Woods
2020-05-11 18:25                 ` Paul Winalski
2020-05-11 18:37                   ` Clem Cole
2020-05-11 19:12                     ` Paul Winalski
2020-05-11 19:57                       ` joe mcguckin
2020-05-11 20:25                         ` Larry McVoy
2020-05-12 17:23                           ` Paul Winalski
2020-05-12 17:35                             ` ron
2020-05-12 17:42                               ` Larry McVoy
2020-05-12 18:36                               ` Paul Winalski
2020-05-13 23:36                             ` Dave Horsfall
2020-05-14  0:42                               ` John P. Linderman
2020-05-14  2:44                                 ` Rich Morin
2020-05-14  3:09                                   ` Charles Anthony
2020-05-14 12:27                                     ` ron
2020-05-14 12:27                                     ` ron
2020-05-14 12:27                                     ` ron
2020-05-14  7:38                                   ` Dave Horsfall
2020-05-14 12:25                                     ` ron
2020-05-14 17:13                                   ` Paul Winalski
2020-05-14 17:21                                 ` Larry McVoy
2020-05-17 16:34                                   ` Derek Fawcus
2020-05-14  4:21                               ` Greg A. Woods
2020-05-14  4:40                                 ` Warner Losh
2020-05-14 17:32                               ` Larry McVoy
2020-05-14 22:32                                 ` Tony Finch
2020-05-16 23:53                                   ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2020-05-16 23:59                                     ` [TUHS] v7 K&R C [really lexers] Jon Steinhart
2020-05-17  0:04                                       ` Brantley Coile
2020-05-17  1:23                                         ` Warner Losh
2020-05-17  1:36                                           ` Brantley Coile
2020-06-13 21:24                                           ` scj
2020-06-14  8:47                                             ` arnold
2020-06-14 12:52                                             ` Richard Salz
2020-06-14 14:03                                               ` Ralph Corderoy
2020-06-14 14:26                                                 ` arnold
2020-06-14 14:48                                                   ` Ralph Corderoy
2020-06-15  1:12                                                     ` Warren Toomey
2020-06-15  1:29                                                       ` Warren Toomey
2020-06-15  6:06                                                         ` arnold
2020-05-17 16:31                                       ` Paul Winalski [this message]
2020-05-17  0:35                                     ` [TUHS] v7 K&R C Larry McVoy
2020-05-11 18:37                   ` Larry McVoy
2020-05-11  2:08           ` Lawrence Stewart
2020-05-11 11:36           ` Michael Kjörling
2020-04-25  3:37       ` Dave Horsfall
2020-04-27 13:19       ` Tony Finch
2020-04-25  2:50   ` Adam Thornton
2020-04-25  5:59     ` Lars Brinkhoff
2020-05-17  2:07 [TUHS] v7 K&R C [really lexers] Nelson H. F. Beebe
2020-06-14 13:55 Doug McIlroy

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