Article View: alt.folklore.computers
Article #623711Re: The birth of BASIC
From: Bob Eager
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:07
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:07
26 lines
2673 bytes
2673 bytes
On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:34:58 -0400, Walter Banks wrote: > On 2018-06-04 11:20 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > >> I admit that there are probably cases where recursion is an elegant >> solution to the problem. However, in my experience such cases are few >> and far between. I've always considered an obsession with recursion to >> be a hallmark of the CS weenie. >> >> > The one clear winner I know about is compiler parsing I have done it > both ways. Recursive parsers are significantly shorter and faster. If I want a quick parser, I do it recursively. Otherwise I take the time and do a table driven one. I believe they are actually faster! (table driven might mean using yacc/lex or bison/flex, or rolling my own) -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<fo86l4FingjU20@mid.individual.net>Path:
mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!d26-v6ni13186wmb.0!nntp.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mailReferences:
<874lisvjda.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <fnammmFl3d5U4@mid.individual.net> <pep9gi$ssu$1@dont-email.me> <877enj7cme.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <2111hdh5qbjo4o6ot3n9cuqfgk1pqdn8ck@4ax.com> <86ad7a17-fbd3-4056-98aa-91e1b38932ce@googlegroups.com> <1778842547.549582573.514335.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <-8-dnaDqYe0JXo_GnZ2dnUU78bmdnZ2d@giganews.com> <68034291-0143-4693-b8fe-755df7f87322@googlegroups.com> <PcqdnYC22cafaI7GnZ2dnUU78S3NnZ2d@giganews.com> <pf1188$q8f$3@dont-email.me> <358405364.549754306.026362.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <pf2rlv$kq0$1@dont-email.me> <1147666797.549800491.480189.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <fnkl60Fl3d5U10@mid.individual.net> <pf385t$mnk$1@dont-email.me> <pf3lbl02eqe@news4.newsguy.com> <pfmmdi$1kqc$1@gioia.aioe.org>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Received: by 2002:a1c:89c8:: with SMTP id l191-v6mr62434wmd.12.1528751270088; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:07:50 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: alt.folklore.computers@googlegroups.com Received: by 2002:adf:fe8c:: with SMTP id l12-v6ls2773191wrr.2.gmail; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:07:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:adf:e387:: with SMTP id e7-v6mr1610476wrm.9.1528751269253; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:07:49 -0700 (PDT) Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!d26-v6ni13186wmb.0!nntp.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: The birth of BASIC Date: 11 Jun 2018 21:07:48 GMT Lines: 26 Message-ID: <fo86l4FingjU20@mid.individual.net> References: <874lisvjda.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <fnammmFl3d5U4@mid.individual.net> <pep9gi$ssu$1@dont-email.me> <877enj7cme.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <2111hdh5qbjo4o6ot3n9cuqfgk1pqdn8ck@4ax.com> <86ad7a17-fbd3-4056-98aa-91e1b38932ce@googlegroups.com> <1778842547.549582573.514335.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <-8-dnaDqYe0JXo_GnZ2dnUU78bmdnZ2d@giganews.com> <68034291-0143-4693-b8fe-755df7f87322@googlegroups.com> <PcqdnYC22cafaI7GnZ2dnUU78S3NnZ2d@giganews.com> <pf1188$q8f$3@dont-email.me> <358405364.549754306.026362.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <pf2rlv$kq0$1@dont-email.me> <1147666797.549800491.480189.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <fnkl60Fl3d5U10@mid.individual.net> <pf385t$mnk$1@dont-email.me> <pf3lbl02eqe@news4.newsguy.com> <pfmmdi$1kqc$1@gioia.aioe.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: individual.net yjo3ssPAZkNeQsFu6qo8VwPUqILs1b/jESbOTcFU40XpRQSx/Z Cancel-Lock: sha1:T4fvcrQcl8knuCavl/U2BLIiW+g= User-Agent: Pan/0.141 (Tarzan's Death; 168b179 git.gnome.org/pan2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit