Roman Zippel wrote:
>
> Let me mention (again), that we are talking about two different problems
> here. On the hand bugs in the rulebase can be fixed with either syntax.
Agreed.
> On
> the other hand major cleanups/extensions are better done with only a
> single parser.
>From a purely technical point of view it's easier to extend a single parser
than N. A single parser is the Obviously Correct Approach (tm).
But the problem is that changing to use a single parser is in itself
a revolutionary step, doubly so if the syntax changes at the same time.
Greg.
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the price of civilisation today is a courageous willingness to prevail,
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