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Visual Basic 6 IDE recreated in C#

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377 points porterde | 2 comments | 14 Nov 24 21:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.419s | source
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larodi ◴[14 Nov 24 23:14 UTC] No.42142283[source]▶
Interestingly it also downloads Java for the antlr grammar support.
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1. bandysc ◴[15 Nov 24 09:22 UTC] No.42145226[source]▶
Antlr is build with Java so in order to build the grammar, it needs to either use system java or download one. I don't know any better alternative to Antlr. Of course I could manually generate .cs files and commit them to the repo, but Antlr4BuildTasks automates everything which is very convenient.
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2. larodi ◴[17 Nov 24 18:06 UTC] No.42165717[source]▶
I onow antlr and the the fact it was started in the 90s and still going. Precious piece of software indeed. But to have a .net app download Java still seems subpar. I guess grammars can be approached by other way, like with Perl6 (Raku).

That’s all im saying, and with all due respect for the work done.