Let’s consider the multiline comment in Java (and C/C++/C#, among others) which, you surely know, looks like this: /* * Comment text. */ This is an interesting construct. Paradoxically, it is extremely simple — I mean to describe in natural, human language (English or whatever) — but shockingly difficult to express in CongoCC. Or, that …
The poster child for this feature would be something like the C-style multiline comment, i.e. /** * comment */ It is actually surprisingly difficult to specify this in legacy JavaCC (or JavaCC21/Congo up until very recently). One way is to break it into multiple regexp patterns using the MORE feature. Or, alternatively, there is actually …
The following essay outlines the main evolution in the API generated by CongoCC from its origins in the Dark Ages up until now. The Journey of a Thousand Leagues Begins with a Single Step Let’s say you go on an excursion to a national park and there is a well known hiking trail that goes …