Re: parsing, PEG parsers, and backtracking HTML templating: toward a bright parsing future (examples in OCaml, C++, and Ruby)

Also of interest: Baker, H. "Pragmatic Parsing in Common Lisp", 1991.[0]
(which itself refers to Schorre, D.V. "META II: A Syntax-Oriented  
Compiler Writing Language". Proc. 19'th Nat'l. Conf. of the ACM (Aug.  
1964) [1])

-Dave

[0] http://home.pipeline.com/~hbaker1/Prag-Parse.html
[1] cf http://www.bayfronttechnologies.com/mc_tutorial.html
some quotes from a half-century ago:
> Each equation ends with a semicolon which, due to keypunch  
> limitations, is represented by a period followed by a comma.
> The omission of statement labels from VALGOL I and VALGOL II seems  
> strange to most programmers.


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