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From: wmb@SUN.COM (Mitch Bradley)
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Subject: Re:  writing a C interpreter in Forth?
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Date: 8 Jan 90 20:22:56 GMT
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> Why not implement [a C parser] as recursive descent?

No ironclad reason; it just seemed like yacc would be easier, since
a yacc grammar for C is floating around, and yacc parse tables
are compact, easy, and fast to interpret.

Mitch