[antlr-interest] starting with language translation

Jim Idle jimi at temporal-wave.com
Thu Mar 13 09:55:16 PDT 2008



> -----Original Message-----
> From: antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org [mailto:antlr-interest-
> bounces at antlr.org] On Behalf Of Andy Tripp
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:14 AM
> To: benzo
> Cc: antlr-interest at antlr.org
> Subject: Re: [antlr-interest] starting with language translation
> 
> Benzo,
> 
> Yes, those 4 steps are fine. You'll use ANTLR to lex and parse your
> java
> input,
> the data structure you'll use is called an AST (Abstract Syntax Tree).
> 
> I would start with the latest V2 version of antlr (2.7.7 I think it is)
> rather than V3.

What? He is just starting out and is going to find it more difficult with 2.7.7 than 3.1 - I would not advise this myself.

> 
> Oh, and one more thing...buy and read the ANTLR book!
> 

But you just told him to use Version 2.7.7?





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