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- > > The tools Bertrand is talking about are lex and yacc, or their GNU
- > > equivalents flex and bison.
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- or byacc (Berkley Yacc).
-
- > > > I only ask in view of Nicklas Larsson's Glasnost idea (to create a new games
- > > > orientated programming language).
- > >
- > > Since he's studying computer technology, he's very likely to already know
- > > about the programs I mentioned.
- >
- > During the first year we have almost only studied mathematics, so this
- > information is new to me.
-
- flex and byacc (Berkley Yacc) are available for Atari's from various FTP
- sites... you might find them usful when coding Glasnost...
-
- > C is a very nice language, in fact the best I've seen. Glasnost is only
- > a game programming language, not a general language. And Glasnost is not
- > available, and C has been there for quite some time now.
-
- Hmm.. One of the lecturers here (on the compiler design/imp. courses) has
- a thing about C... He likes picking holes in it...
-
- eg. does i+++j (which is valid C) mean:
- (i++) + j or i + (++j)
-
- also the avoidance of keywords like endif and enddo are a pet hate...
-
- > I'm sorry to say this, but the SMF-playing routine doesn't run yet. I
- > have to study now for a while. I will try to finish it this Friday.
-
- :-< I'll have gone home then... .net access will be harder (but not
- impossible) when at home... :/
-
- Anthony
- (PS. the first expression is correct, IIRC)
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