Re^2: Only perl parses perl hash notation?

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Re^3: Only perl parses perl hash notation? by gothic_mallard (Pilgrim) on Oct 05, 2004 at 10:15 UTC
Probably not off the shelf, but I'm sure you could write a little app to parse it using any language that takes your fancy - it's only plain text when it comes down to it after all. --- Jay All code is untested unless otherwise stated.	[reply]
Re^3: Only perl parses perl hash notation? by Anonymous Monk on Oct 05, 2004 at 12:03 UTC
Note that perl is written in C, not Perl. So, it's C parsing Perl hash notation - not Perl. `:-)`	[reply]
Re^4: Only perl parses perl hash notation? by halley (Prior) on Oct 05, 2004 at 13:09 UTC
As with many things in the Unix universe, the saying, "Nothing can parse Perl except perl" is case-sensitive. The saying means, "Nothing can parse the language of Perl except the executable called perl." The Windows equivalent would be: "Nothing can parse Perl except PERL.EXE." The saying is NOT trying to suggest that a Perl script can flawlessly parse Perl language snippets. That is a common misconception and misunderstanding. A parser written in Perl can do a lot, but any parser you're likely() to write in Perl will fail to parse all of the Perl language. The wisdom in this koan is to realize that the Perl language is so crufty with special-cases and funky exceptions to its own grammars that it would be folly to try to parse any Perl script by writing a parser from scratch. Even the human brain can't always parse Perl in many cases. You'll get hung up on the many years of grammar evolution. () Unless you're implementing Perl6, which is really just using Perl6 to plan Perl6. -- `[ e d @ h a l l e y . c c ]`	[reply]
Re^5: Only perl parses perl hash notation? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 05, 2004 at 13:46 UTC
The Windows equivalent would be: "Nothing can parse Perl except PERL.EXE." Funnily enough, my Perl executable is named 'perl.exe'. The nice thing is though--just as in english where 'The', 'the', 'THE', 'tHe' etc. all have the same meaning, though some are more acceptable than others in some circumstances--I can type 'Perl', 'perl', 'PERL', the classic 'pERL', or any other combination and they all find my executable. Neat huh. I guess you could set up 15 alias' or symlinks :). Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail "Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon	[reply]
Re^6: Only perl parses perl hash notation? by halley (Prior) on Oct 05, 2004 at 19:20 UTC
Re^7: Only perl parses perl hash notation? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 05, 2004 at 20:13 UTC
Re^6: Only perl parses perl hash notation? by SpanishInquisition (Pilgrim) on Oct 05, 2004 at 13:57 UTC
Re^7: Only perl parses perl hash notation? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 05, 2004 at 14:19 UTC
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Re^5: Only perl parses perl hash notation? by SpanishInquisition (Pilgrim) on Oct 05, 2004 at 13:53 UTC
<Wassercats><Joke> So I should abandon my Perl 4 interpreter project that is to be completely written in Perl 5 then? Many people want Perl 4 these days and only Perl 5 comes installed on systems so this seemed like a good way to get them want they wanted. If there are any Perl 5 modules for parsing Perl 4 (or Perl 3) let me know and maybe we can fix this situation. </Wassercats></Joke>	[reply]