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Re: Push / pull model

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• Subject: Re: Push / pull model
• From: Richard Tobin <richard@c...>
• Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 18:14:37 +0100 (BST)
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• In-reply-to: <200209191501.LAA27747@m...>
• Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh

In article <200209191501.LAA27747@m...> you write:

>> Granted, the event model does require you to turn your head around
>> compared to ordinary programming, but that's easily done, and once
>> done event-based programming is very easy.

>Again, I would like to see anyone write a recursive descent compiler (or
>similar analyzer) using a lexer level that pushes events.  The natural
>and readable becomes a vast wasteland of parser tables and gibberish.

It's also much easier to deal with multiple input streams with a pull
parser.  How do you write a simple diff-like program with SAX?

-- Richard

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  • Re: Push / pull model
    • From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>

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