Re: Parsing (XML) dynamically

To: menozero@tiscalinet.it
Subject: Re: Parsing (XML) dynamically
From: Rob Myers <robm@lostwax.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 10:43:56 +0000
CC: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
Organization: Lost Wax Media Ltd.
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Any XML lib in Dylan should probably be based on the freely available,
cross-language SAX and DOM libraries. I took a look at this and aside from the
classes and methods having very un-Dylan names the conversion would be drudgery
rather than rocket science.
There's the Dylan parser generator that was availablt with the Apple Tech
release, I think it's available with Gwydion Dylan, too.

- Rob.

menozero@tiscalinet.it wrote:

> So we (how many?) need a XML parser for Dylan.
> I'm working on one.  But I need some feedback.  And first some
> information.
>
> 1. Can you tell me of some articles or books on parsing in a
> "functional" style?  I have no problems with objects, but years of C++
> have ruined some of my mental schemes, even with a copy of Abelson and
> Sussman under my pillow...  (Yes, I have the dragon book. No, it's not
> what I'm looking for. Thanks anyway.)
>
> 2. I liked the "meta" library.  Do you think it could be extended to get
> some macros for complex parsing, like XML or CSS?  I don't like the
> <grammar file> to <source code full of fixed tables and gotos> approach,
> macros would be very nice, but maybe not the Right Thing(tm). Who knows.
>
> I put something on my (secret) site when it will reach version 0.00.1.
> Thanks,
> g.
>
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Parsing (XML) dynamically

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