C:\>perl rec.pl Enter --> a=2 print 2 2 Enter --> C:\>perl -MParse::RecDescent -wE "say $Parse::RecDescent::VERSION" 1.967015 C:\>perl -v This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 3 (v5.16.3) built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread #### # ... expression : INTEGER OP expression { main::expression(@item) } | VARIABLE OP expression { main::expression(@item) } | INTEGER | VARIABLE { $main::VARIABLE{$item{VARIABLE}}} print_instruction : /print/i expression assign_instruction : VARIABLE "=" expression # ... #### Enter --> a=1 Enter --> a=2 print a blah blah ERROR (line 1): Invalid instruction: Was expecting assign instruction, or print instruction Error returned by parsing Enter --> print a 1