[boost] [Christian S] Spirit and ANTLR - Request for example

Subject: [boost] [Christian S] Spirit and ANTLR - Request for example
From: John Phillips (phillips_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-09 10:50:26

   Christian,

   Inside the directx thread you asserted that there are things that 
ANTLR can do and Spirit can't. This met with some resistance, but I 
would like to take a different approach.

   Please post a working code example, along with rationale for why you 
want to do it, that shows something ANTLR can do, but Spirit can't.

   The goal is to move this out of the land of unsupported allegations, 
and into specific examples that can promote specific responses. My 
experience of Joel and Hartmut suggests that if you have any such real 
examples, they will use them as a basis for improving Spirit, a process 
which benefits everyone. If you display examples, and Hartmut and Joel 
(or anyone else) respond by providing working examples of how Spirit 
does that, too, then better information is propagated on the list, and 
again everyone benefits.

   In general, this is a better way to critique by comparison. Provide 
actual working code for the comparison, and there is far less room for 
misinterpretation of intent or conclusions.

                        John