Parsing in Visual Basic

Hello.


In Visual Basic, I have written a compiler which takes BNF 'like'
definitions, which can then parse ASCII text streams and produce a resultant
parse tree. The parse tree is object oriented so can be accessed
recursively. I originally wrote it for analysing flight plan routes for
aircraft.


I just wonder how much interest there would be in something like this?


Here's a very short example of what a definition might look like (without
the VB code of course):


number := REPEAT IN '0' TO '9';
binary_op := AND expression, '+', expression;
bracketed_expression := AND '(', expression, ')';
expression:= OR binary_op, bracketed_expression, number;


For example this could be used as to parse expressions such as the
following:


34+((6+7)+(3))


Thanks


Guillermo Phillips.

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