"Randolph J. Herber" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:



>|>        Please. would you use the proper nomenclature?

>

>|>        The pairing from your improper nomenclature to what I believe

>|>        is the pertinent nomenclature for what you are attempting to

>|>        discuss is:

>

>|>                deterministic           ==>             context free

>|>                non-deterministic       ==>             context sensitive



  I get a lot of (very long) letters of this kind, demanding that I should

use this or other terminology.

  I have an old book, "Compilers", by Robin Hunter, that on page 40 defines

the  notions "nondetermistic/deterministic parser" as whether of one can go

back on the decision in the parsing process, or not. This is what I mean.

  On page 231, a "context sensitive parser" is described as a method to

handle a attribute grammars, and the like. This is not what I have in mind.



  Otherwise, I do not understand how this or other terminology can solve

the problems discussed here.



  Hans Aberg