[antlr-interest] what's in a name?

[Terence Parr]

On Aug 27, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Sam Barnett-Cormack wrote:

> Terence Parr wrote:
>> Well, you could use these patterns with any tool, not just antlr.   
>> trying to avoid making it to specific.
>
> "Language Recognition Design Patterns"
>
> Still feels punchy, more so than "Language Implementation Design  
> Patterns"

well, we do a lot of analysis, translation, and code generation so  
that's not very inclusive.
>
> I still think "Language Design Patterns" is misleading, really, as  
> it's not really about the languages, it's about recognisers and  
> other implementation issues. It's design, in the sense of the design  
> of the recogniser.

If you assume that design is an adjective the patterns, then it is a  
perfect title. oh well.

T