Re: [lojban] NORATS, SPACE, and PUBLIC in PEG grammar

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 07:50:50PM -0300, Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:55 PM, .alyn.post.
> <alyn.post@lodockikumazvati.org> wrote:
> >
> > Do you think it is better for the LLG to publish a PEG file that
> > requires work to use at all, or to publish a reference
> > inmplementation that introduces more dependencies than a PEG
> > specification but is closer to something "working."
> 
> (The question was not addressed to me, but I'll answer anyway:)
> The former.

Both.  There's nothing stopping us from publishing a reference PEG
version *and* the code to an actual parser.  That's essentially what
the BNF and YACC in the CLL now are.

> > (Or, as always, secret option #3, ignoring my false dichotomy
> > and giving an answer unconstrained by the phrasing of my
> > question.)
> 
> There's no reason why the LLG should not publish an implementation
> as well, but the one afforded official status should be the
> specification, not the implementation.

I'm inclined to agree, although I note that's a policy reversal;
IIRC the yacc currently wins over the BNF.

-Robin

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