[antlr-interest] Translating from one language to another

[Aaron Maxwell]

On Monday 21 July 2008 12:54:01 pm David Tauzell wrote:
> I'm not sure what is the best way to proceed.  Should I somehow use
> StringTemplate?  Should I walk the AST and generate output? Is this
> question to vague? Do I just need to buy the ANTLR book and learn more
> about ANTLR?

I'm pretty new at using parser generators in general and antlr in particular, 
and you may want to listen if someone more experienced responds.  But for 
what it's worth, I recommend buying the new "Definitive ANTLR reference" 
book, which I have been reading the past week.  

ANTLR is a complex enough tool that it takes time to learn to use it well.  
It's pretty clear that the book has saved me a lot of time by teaching the 
essential theory and practical information much more quickly than I could 
figure it out from the online docs, trial and error, etc.

Your question is a good example: it's not really a short answer question, but 
the book is good at relatively quickly helping you decide what the best 
approach is and how to go about implementing the solution.

-- 
Aaron Maxwell
http://redsymbol.net