[fpc-devel] Alternative parsers

[Florian Klaempfl]

Am 19.10.2010 14:48, schrieb Alexander Klenin:
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 23:14, Florian Klaempfl <florian at freepascal.org> wrote:
>> Am 19.10.2010 14:02, schrieb Alexander Klenin:
>> The topic of this thread and the patch was/is alternative parsers. As
>> you worked on the case of string stuff (or your student) you might also
>> know that the fpc parser is written straight forward and anybody knowing
>> the dragon books might be able to work on it and far from being fragile.
> 
> Oh, do not remind me of that. Do you know that said student
> had quit working on FPC because he found the code base to be
> a <insert polite adjective here> mess?
> (And which is sadder to me, he also took a different adviser for
> his next year course work).
> I actually teach compiler construction at the university,
> and he correctly noted that compilers produced by some
> students at the end of the course are better structured than FPC.

Oh really? Where can I download these great compilers? I hope they are
ready for production use. BTW: We spend a lot of time to fix his mess of
code :) No problem he was student, but I consider him far from being
able to judge about code quality considering his work :)