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Re: Working Group Proposal

From:
John Tobey
Date:
July 20, 2000 12:38
Subject:
Re: Working Group Proposal
Message ID:
m13FMBS-000FOJC@feynman.localnet
John Porter <jdporter@min.net> wrote:
> First and foremost, the proverb that "nothing can parse Perl except
> perl" must be rendered null and void.  This, I presume, would entail
> changes to the grammar that would likely have the effect of breaking
> bw-compat.  But if I turn out to be wrong on that point, so much the
> better.

A Perl-parser-as-C(++)-library would be useful to both perl and other
programs.

-- 
John Tobey, late nite hacker <jtobey@john-edwin-tobey.org>
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