Re: C with embedded Lua or Lua-only program?
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- Subject: Re: C with embedded Lua or Lua-only program?
- From: Silas Silva <silasdb@...>
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 12:52:43 -0300
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 11:51:00AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Silas Silva <silasdb@gmail.com> writes:
> > 1. Is there any replacement for lex/flex & yacc/bison for Lua? How do
> > you design DSLs in Lua? I thought about using Lex & Yacc + C it is a
> > long standing wish of mine to learn parsers, BNF with Lex & Yacc...
>
> Use "LPeg" -- it's fast, easy to use, and very expressive, and is well
> supported and popular in the Lua community. LPeg can replace both lex
> and yacc (just think of a grammar which goes down to the character
> level).
Hmmm, sounds good. If it goes to character level, it can replace lex
too... Found it:
http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/lpeg.html
Going to take a look. Thanks.
--
Silas Silva