Re: Lua 5 Grammar update

[Asger Alstrup <aalstrup@...>]

Klaas-Jan Stol wrote:
> But, because my goal is to write a compiler, not an 
> interpreter, it's not a really big issue. (the goal is to get lua 
> running on parrot)

I can only recommend Gentle (http://gentle.compilertools.net/), which is a 
compiler construction kit. There is a Lua grammar in the Lua2js project for 
Gentle:

http://luaforge.net/projects/lua2js/

Finally, you should also check out Rats!, which is another compiler 
construction kit as part of XTC:

http://www.cs.nyu.edu/rgrimm/xtc/rats.html

Using a full compiler construction kit surely beats writing your own 
compiler using only a parser and a lexer.

Regards,
Asger Ottar Alstrup