[antlr-interest] about the book

[Ian Kaplan]

  I've used ANTLR for two graph query language projects at Lawrence
Livermore National
Lab.  I've used ANTLR for other projects before this, including for a Java
compiler front
end.

  I absolutely agree with Lloyd.  I just bought the book and I don't care
whether it's useful
or not.  It does happen to be useful, but if it were not I'd still buy it
just to support Terence
and ANTLR.  The fact that I'll never have to use YACC again puts me deeply
in Terence's
debt.

  So many thanks, Terence.  And rock on!

  Ian
  www.bearcave.com

On 7/10/07, Lloyd Dupont <ld at galador.net> wrote:
>
>  I saw there was a controversy about the price / usefulness / etc...
>
> I have nothing special about that, except it make me aware that: there was
> a book!
>
> Taking it as both:
> - a nice and affordable way to support this excellent (free) tool I love
> to use (very) occasionnaly
> - perhaps a better way to graps some concept which eluded me so far
>
> I decided to buy it.
>
>
> I'm reading the PDF so far (the dead trees are on their way).
>
>
> I just wanted to say that, unlike some comment I previously read, I found
> the book very helpful.
> Right now I'm reading the chapter on trees. A topic which I was just
> barely able to make work/hack before and understanding is now slowly dawning
> on me.
>
> Of course I have to made an intellectual effort to get the concepts (as it
> would be the same for any math/physics/algorithm book). But nowhere before I
> had such clear and helpful help.
>
>
> So far (from only 20 pages of reading), I will say kudos for the ANTLR
> book!!!
> (And ANTLR Works as well, of course, with which I could experiment the
> gramatical structure and quickly and easily double check if I got the
> concept right)
>
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