ceph/src/boost/libs/proto/doc/resources.qbk

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   2  / Copyright (c) 2008 Eric Niebler
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   9 [section:resources Background and Resources]
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  11
  12 Proto was initially developed as part of _xpressive_ to simplify the job of
  13 transforming an expression template into an executable finite state machine capable
  14 of matching a regular expression. Since then, Proto has found application in the
  15 redesigned and improved Spirit-2 and the related Karma library. As a result of
  16 these efforts, Proto evolved into a generic and abstract grammar and tree
  17 transformation framework applicable in a wide variety of EDSL scenarios.
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  19 The grammar and tree transformation framework is modeled on Spirit's grammar and
  20 semantic action framework. The expression tree data structure is similar to Fusion
  21 data structures in many respects, and is interoperable with Fusion's iterators and
  22 algorithms.
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  24 The syntax for the grammar-matching features of `proto::matches<>` is inspired by
  25 MPL's lambda expressions.
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  27 The idea for using function types for Proto's composite transforms is inspired by Aleksey Gurtovoy's
  28 [@http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2002/11/39718.php "round" lambda] notation.
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  31 [heading References]
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  34 [:[#boost_proto.users_guide.resources.SYB]Ren, D. and Erwig, M. 2006. A generic recursion toolbox for Haskell or: scrap your boilerplate systematically. In ['Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Haskell] (Portland, Oregon, USA, September 17 - 17, 2006). Haskell '06. ACM, New York, NY, 13-24. DOI=[@http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1159842.1159845]]
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  37 [heading Further Reading]
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  40 A technical paper about an earlier version of Proto was accepted into the
  41 [@http://lcsd.cs.tamu.edu/2007/ ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Library-Centric Software
  42 Design LCSD'07], and can be found at [@http://lcsd.cs.tamu.edu/2007/final/1/1_Paper.pdf].
  43 The tree transforms described in that paper differ from what exists today.
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