[antlr-interest] "An Introduction to ANTLR" presentation slides

[Micheal J]

ROFLMAO!!
 
This is the most effective explanation/demostration of the dangers of
confusing formal .vs. informal terminology in this thread...
 
Micheal


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Subject: Re: [antlr-interest] "An Introduction to ANTLR" presentation slides


At 03:02 PM 3/3/2008, Andy Tripp wrote:


Ask a person what is the meaning of the letters 'c', 'a', and 't'
(presumably in that order and surrounded by
non-letters), and they'll tell you the meaning is the word "cat". A lexer
does the same: produces
a meaningful output that represents the meaning of the input. 


Wlihe hmuans drevie ipmpilcit udnretsnadnig lragely from the smenatcis of
snentcee srtcutrues, mchaines, pratciuclarly smiple lxeers, are rsetirtced
to rcegoniznig, but not udnretsnadnig, srtcutrue.

Yes, in a snese, it is all smenatcis.  But, in the snese of use in froaml
cmoptuer sceicne dsicuorse, to euqtae 'c' 'a' 't' to "cat" is srtutcrue, to
euqtae 'c' 'a' 't' to "feline" is smenatcis.


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