[antlr-interest] ANTLR Rookie Here

[Sam Barnett-Cormack]

Bryan S Follins wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
>  
> 
> I am taking a class where I have to use ANTLR and ANTLRWorks.  Since the 
> ANTLR software package is in a jar file, I need a Linux OS to download 
> and install it, right?

Short answer: no.

Slightly longer, less pleasant answer: do you actually have any 
experience with Java already? Jar files are as portable as java, which 
is to say "very"

Longer, less unpleasant answer: recent versions of Windows will, if a 
Java VM is installed, run executable jars (including ANTLRWorks) 
out-of-the-box, just by double-clicking them. The ANTLR tool isn't an 
executable jar, but ANTLRWorks will run it for you quite happily. If you 
need to run it separately, you just have to use a windows command line. 
If you are using a mac, I believe it's similar to windows in terms of 
running things.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack