Writing a language parser in D

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Justin Johansson wrote:
> Can D people please recommend suitable tools for generating a parser (in D) for an LL(1) grammar.  There's bound to be much better parser generator tools available nowadays, since my last foray into this area 10+ years ago with YACC.  I've heard of tools like bison, SableCC etc but apart from the names know nothing about them.
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> (Note.  This question is not about writing a parser for D.  It is about writing a parser in D for another language which has an LL(1) grammar).
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> Thanks in advance for all help.
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> -- Justin Johansson
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I've ported boost::spirit to d. No idea if it does what you want,
but I've written some fairly complicated grammars with it.

It's not a tool though, you just define your grammar directly in code.
Which is either a plus or a minus depending on your point of view.

Quick intro:

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/libs/spirit/classic/index.html

And D implementation:

http://www.sstk.co.uk/spiritd.php

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