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Re: [lojban] rp-expression-tail ordered choice with empty grouping

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:46:54AM +1100, Ross Ogilvie wrote:
>    As promised [1]https://github.com/RossOgilvie/meksygerna
>    I'm a git noob (only learnt it today), so let me know if it's not public
>    accessible or otherwise misconfigured.
> 
>    The main part of my version of mekso is in the txt file. A poorly written
>    brain-dump is in the README file. Questions, comments and criticisms
>    welcome.
> 
>    Addressing the question of backwards: I've removed the restriction that RP
>    expressions have exactly 2 arguments, so this creates a little problem
>    fu'a 1 2 3 + x = (1 ( 2 3 +) x) = 5 OFFICIAL LOJBAN
>    1 2 3 + x = ( (1 2 3 +) x) = 7 MY MEKSO
>    Given the little volume of RP though, I don't think it's a big deal. I
>    haven't noticed any others, though they probably exist.
> 
>    The rest of the folder is a simple parser I wrote for it. The code is all
>    handwritten and pretty messy. I've compiled a working version in
>    bin/Release. It's .Net 3.5
> 
>    mi'e ros
> 

This is really interesting, though I don't feel qualified to weigh
in on the utility of it: I haven't studied this part of the language
yet.  I'm left wanting to hear opinions from people more familiar
with mex.

Would you be willing to put a test suite together?  I'd like to have
something that we could both compare to the official grammar and
something that demonstrates the grammar you've developed works like
you expect it to.

-Alan
-- 
.i ko djuno fi le do sevzi

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