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Hi Folks, Page 83 of the dragon compiler book [1] says: "The techniques used to implement lexical analyzers can also be applied to other areas such as query languages and information retrieval systems. In each application, the underlying problem is the specification and design of programs that execute actions triggered by patterns in strings. Since pattern-directed programming is widely useful, we introduce a pattern-action language called Lex for specifying lexical analyzers." As I read that, it occurred to me, "Hey, when I implement XSLT programs using template rules, I am doing pattern-directed programming! XSLT is a pattern-action language!" Neat! /Roger [1] "Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools" by Aho, Sethi, Ullman
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