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PCCTS
(PCCTS) A highly integrated lexical analser generator
and parser generator by Terence J. Parr ,
Will E. Cohen and Henry G. Dietz , both
of Purdue University.
ANTLR (ANother Tool for Language Recognition) corresponds to
YACC and DLG (DFA-based Lexical analyser Generator) functions
like LEX. PCCTS has many additional features which make it
easier to use for a wide range of translation problems. PCCTS
grammars contain specifications for lexical and syntactic
analysis with selective backtracking ("infinite lookahead"),
semantic predicates, intermediate-form construction and
error reporting. Rules may employ Extended BNF (EBNF)
grammar constructs and may define parameters, return values,
and have local variables.
Languages described in PCCTS are recognised via LLk parsers
constructed in pure, human-readable, C code. Selective
backtracking is available to handle non-LL(k) constructs.
PCCTS parsers may be compiled with a C++ compiler. PCCTS
also includes the SORCERER tree parser generator.
(ftp://marvin.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/pccts/1.10).
{UK FTP (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/
computing/programming/languages/tools/pccts/)}. {Macintosh
FTP (ftp://maya.dei.unipd.it/pub/mac/)}.
Mailing list: pccts-users-request@ahpcrc.umn.edu ("subscribe
pccts-users your_name" in the message body).
E-mail: Terence J. Parr , Roberto Avanzi
(Mac port).
(2000-10-30)
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