On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 08:45:11AM -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> > As against that ... does a2p produce code that is
> > readable/maintainable?
>
> Not that I've seen. There are modules on CPAN (I know, I know) for
> dealing with lexx and yacc, and those are probably better for the
> purpose.
Well I think it's at least readable. Problem with your approach is that both
Mike and I feel more comfortable with awk at the moment. If a2p produces a
working perl script, that doesn't seem to be a problem IMO as we could maintain
the awk script but deliver the perl version.
Michael
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