[antlr-interest] Which book?

Jasper Floor jasperfloor at gmail.com
Thu Aug 12 05:20:21 PDT 2010


It depends. Do you want to learn about ANTLR or about languages. The
books have different goals. If you are having a language problem go
with the Patterns book (or with an even more basic/academic book about
compilers). If you are having ANTLR problems then go with the
reference. Or just buy them both and don't come out of your room until
you're done reading.

mvg,
Jasper



On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Michael Bedward
<michael.bedward at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Den,
>
> I think the Patterns book is the best one to start with.
>
> Personally, I struggled a little with using the Reference book as a
> beginners guide, although using it in combination with the web site
> and this list I soon managed to do useful things with ANTLR. But when
> the Patterns book came out it really helped me to grasp many of the
> basic concepts more easily and thoroughly.
>
> Michael
>
> On 11 August 2010 07:25, denstar <valliantster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Folks!
>>
>> This is the newest one:
>>
>> http://pragprog.com/titles/tpdsl/language-implementation-patterns
>>
>> And this is "The Book" I think:
>>
>> http://pragprog.com/titles/tpantlr/the-definitive-antlr-reference
>>
>> Normally I'd go for the newest first, just because.
>>
>> Sound good?  Newest first, and reference later, or should I start with
>> the reference?
>>
>> I'm not exactly a total noob (tho I play one on the internet), if that
>> makes a difference.
>>
>> :Den
>>
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