"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