From 545a46dffaa0fe2246dd7cc1b560c58db525c2b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rocky Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 06:24:31 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Correct spelling of Earley --- HISTORY.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md index 7fe6696a..617c4d45 100644 --- a/HISTORY.md +++ b/HISTORY.md @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ another clever idea: using table-driven semantics routines, using format specifiers. The last mention of a release of SPARK from John is around 2002. As -released, although the Early Algorithm parser was in good shape, this +released, although the Earley Algorithm parser was in good shape, this code was woefully lacking as serious Python deparser. In the fall of 2000, Hartmut Goebel @@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ Hartmut a decade an a half ago: NB. This is not a masterpiece of software, but became more like a hack. Probably a complete rewrite would be sensefull. hG/2000-12-27 -This project deparses using an Early-algorithm parse with lots of +This project deparses using an Earley-algorithm parse with lots of massaging of tokens and the grammar in the scanner -phase. Early-algorithm parsers are context free and tend to be linear +phase. Earley-algorithm parsers are context free and tend to be linear if the grammar is LR or left recursive. Another approach that doesn't use grammars is to do something like