Re: Org mode and Emacs

[Ihor Radchenko]

David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:

>> This is all part of the aims and process. However, the first step is to
>> develop a robust elisp based parser. This helps to ensure the org syntax
>> is consistent and helps identifies ambiguities which need to be fixed as
>> well as provides a reference implementation which developers can use to
>> develop parsers in other languages.
>
> Semantic/Bovine ??

Org is not context-free.
Also, Org maintaners previously rejected the idea of implementing Org
parser not in Elisp. Mainly because it would limit the ability to
maintain and contribute to Org - one would need to learn another
programming language to alter anything in Org syntax.

Best,
Ihor