On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 02:16:12 Christopher Bergqvist wrote: > I agree that the current direction of D in this area is > impressive. However, I fail to see a killer-feature in > generating a lexer-parser generator at compile-time instead of > run-time. > > A run-time generator would benefit from not having to execute > within the limited CTFE environment and would always be on-par in > that respect. A compile time generator would internalize the > generation and compilation of the result (with possible > glue-code), simplifying the build process somewhat. > > What am I failing to pick up on?
Well, one cool thing would be that a compiler could effectively compile itself - or at least the lexer and parser would compile themselves. You wouldn't have to run a program to generate them. It could be self-contained. - Jonathan M Davis