[net.lang.ada] "What Is An LR1 Subset Of Ada"

cw (11/05/82)

What is an "LR1 subset" of Ada?  I have an LR(1) grammar that covers
all of Ada and Gerry Fisher published an LALR(1) grammar that does.
However, the class of the grammar has no effect on the size of the
language; there are minuscle languages with impossibly complex
grammars.

Also, some compilers for Ada are cross-compilers, of course.  These
will likely fit the whole language onto the little machine because
only the runtime system must reside there.  If you want the compiler
as well, you may need a shoehorn or multitudinous passes.

Charles