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• How would this work ? (Score:1)

  by tinman (2063)

  There are equivalent command structures in both languages, but would just translating code segments cut it, really ? Some of the most useful things I learnt from the book are specific to Perl.. (fiddling with the record separator variable, for example)

  Then again, (this is because I dont know any better :) ), does Python have an equivalent to Parse::RecDescent ? (there is one chapter worth of material on that module alone)
  • Re:How would this work ? (Score:2, Insightful)

    by dlc (50)

    does Python have an equivalent to Parse::RecDescent ?

    Not as such. There are several parser building libraries available, but none of them have the breadth and scope of Parse::RecDescent.

    This is, I think, because the Python community doesn't have a specifically-retained Mad Scientist. The language can definitely natively support a Parse::RecDescent-type module (as opposed to C, like Nicholas points out), though.

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    • Re:How would this work ? (Score:1)

      by chaoticset (2105) on 2003.05.16 13:46 (#20208) Homepage Journal

      Here's an awful thought -- the same person could convert Parse::RecDescent to Python. Tell them it's extra credit. :D

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