groovy git commit: Update readme of parser-antlr4 subproject

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Repository: groovy
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  refs/heads/master 2bd24076b -> b68d29786


Update readme of parser-antlr4 subproject


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Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: b68d29786b060251a04ea2b394924393705a83c3
Parents: 2bd2407
Author: sunlan <su...@apache.org>
Authored: Fri Feb 2 19:26:54 2018 +0800
Committer: sunlan <su...@apache.org>
Committed: Fri Feb 2 19:26:54 2018 +0800

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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/groovy/blob/b68d2978/subprojects/parser-antlr4/README.adoc
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diff --git a/subprojects/parser-antlr4/README.adoc b/subprojects/parser-antlr4/README.adoc
index 50a3639..30adad8 100644
--- a/subprojects/parser-antlr4/README.adoc
+++ b/subprojects/parser-antlr4/README.adoc
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@
 The new parser(Parrot) can parse Groovy source code and construct the related AST, which is almost identical to the one generated by the old parser(except the corrected node position, e.g. line, column of node). Currently all features of Groovy are available. In addition, **the following new features have been added:**
 
 * do-while loop, standard loop(e.g. `for(int i = 0, j = 10; i < j; i++, j--) {..}`)
-* lambda expression
+* lambda expression(e.g. `stream.map(e -> e + 1)`)
 * method reference and constructor reference
 * try-with-resources(i.e. ARM)
 * code block(i.e. `{..}`)
 * array initializer of Java style(e.g. `new int[] {1, 2, 3}`)
 * default method of interface
+* type annotation
 * new operators: identity operators(`===`, `!==`), elvis assignment(`?=`), `!in`, `!instanceof`
 * safe index(e.g. `nullableVar?[1, 2]`)
 * runtime groovydoc(i.e. groovydoc with `@Groovydoc`), groovydoc attached to AST node as metadata
@@ -57,4 +58,30 @@ groovyOptions.forkOptions.jvmArgs += ["-Dgroovy.antlr4=true"]
 * `groovy.attach.runtime.groovydoc`: whether to attach `@Groovydoc` annotation to all members which have groovydoc(i.e. `/** ... */`).
 
 *P.S. Parrot is based on the highly optimized version of antlr4(com.tunnelvisionlabs:antlr4), which is licensed under BSD.*
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+
+=== FAQ
+
+===== Question(from Slack):
+```
+Can someone explain to me the importance of the Parrot compiler? Basically explain like I am 5?
+```
+===== Answer(by Guillaume Laforge, Project Lead of Apache Groovy):
+```
+the syntax of Groovy hasn’t evolved in a long time
+the current / old parser is a bit complicated to evolve
+and is using a very old version of the parsing library
+so any change we’d want to make to the language (a new operator, for example) becomes very complicated
+So we’ve been wanting to upgrade the underlying parser library for a while, but since the library evolved a lot, that also required a rewrite of the grammar of the language
+But there’s another thing to consider
+Groovy’s always been adopted by Java developers easily because of how close to the Java syntax it’s always been
+so most Java programs are also valid Groovy programs
+it’s been important to Groovy’s success to have this source compatibility
+Java 8's been out for a while already
+and we’ve been asked countless times if we’d support this or that particular syntax enhancement from Java 8
+for “copy’n paste compatibility”, if you will
+We decided to upgrade to a newer version of our parsing library (from v2 to v4 of Antlr)
+to allow Groovy’s syntax to continue to evolve
+to also support new operators and things like that
+but to also support Java 8 constructs, for continued compatibility
+And that’s about it
+```
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