From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-08-19T18:18:07+09:00
Subject: Parsing Ruby...

I'm about to delve into the mysteries of parsing Ruby.

Some questions:

1. I seem to remember that ripper is "the future" of Ruby
    parsing, correct?

2. But apparently now we are still using parse.c which is
    generated by yacc?

3. My impression was that ripper itself could not create
    an AST... correct or no??

4. There have been various attempts at Ruby parsers *in Ruby*,
    I know... how mature are these? How accurate? How easy to
    understand the code?

5. What experts are around who are willing to answer questions
    from time to time?


Thanks,
Hal