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Re: parser models

• To: aray@n... (Arjun Ray)
• Subject: Re: parser models
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 23:45:10 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <o0k1pu4tpacb45jtomkulhvpcbkigjs491@4...> from "Arjun Ray" at Sep 24, 2002 09:41:25 PM

Arjun Ray scripsit:

> If the recursive descent pattern and explicit procedural coding appeal to
> you, yes, sure.  I don't particularly care for either - especially, the
> former in application code - mainly because of the "typed constant" or
> similar device intruding into the code (as Bill de Hora explained a while
> back): I find the while( event ) { switch( type ) { } } structure, which
> inevitably appears, more than a little clumsy.  

I don't understand what this control structure has to do with recursive
descent: I rarely if ever see such a thing.  Can you exemplify?

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