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What is this project's relationship with antlr? I see a different name on the copyright and the github page suggests this is not a part of the antler project, w
by ____tom____ 1y ago
What is this project's relationship with antlr? I see a different name on the copyright and the github page suggests this is not a part of the antler project, while claiming to be the next generation.
If that's the case, I think it's misleading. It's fine to fork a project, but you don't get to call yourself the next generation of someone else's project.
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- killingtime74 1y agoI mean, we shouldn't allow ownership of the common english language. Did C++ Author Bjarne Stroustrup ask permission of C authors (are there even authors to ask). Did JavaScript creator ask Java creators. There was a Go! before Golang. BASIC and Visual Basic.
- Nebasuke 1y agoI don't think this a fair interpretation of the parent comment as it's not about ownership of language. The website literally says "The next generation of ANTLR" and says "It's the successor of ANTLR4". It's about a tool claiming to be the successor without seeming to be part of the ANTLR organisation. Are they completely different people, did the ANTLR4 owners stop writing it? There seems to be deliberately no clarification on this.
- conartist6 1y agoI'm in the same boat with BABLR, which is designed as the successor to Babel (and named with a nod to ANTLR). I think this is just part of the benefit of free software and OSS, that someone can pick up the work and start trying to innovate without being given any kind of explicit permission. If you understand the mission and are willing and able, you can pick up the flag and start trying to run with it. You might not instantly become the recognized standard bearer for the cause, but keep pushing the flag forward people will take notice (as we are doing here).