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

[Gerald B. Rosenberg]

At 07:43 AM 3/4/2008, Andy Tripp wrote:
>I know that no terminology is perfect, so why do people keep going 
>down this deep rabbit hole of what exactly "syntax" means?
>In the end, it doesn't matter that it actually, deep down, means 
>"the form of ANY input".
>What matters is that people who use ANTLR typically use "syntax" to 
>mean "form OF THE (initial) INPUT".

Very well summed: those last two statements are either absolutely 
right or absolutely wrong.  And, in every possible sense, from 
intellectual to gut, right is wrong.

>That all sounds so...highminded.
>Maybe you should be a lawyer ;)

JD, BSEE, and author of three custom software packages that rely on Antlr ;)