From: Phil Tomson <rubyfan@...>
Date: 2008-03-09T03:41:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby tools to develop compilers

On 3/2/08, Le Lann Jean-Christophe <jean-christophe.lelann@orange.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  For some days now, I have been trying to find the best Ruby tools to
>  develop compilers : lexer, parser and possibly more (ast, visitor).
>
>  There seems to be plenty of small tools, but it is difficult to know
>  whether they are mature or not.
>
>  So I would like to have feeback on your own experience in this field.
>

I'll join the chorus for TreeTop:  it's pleasant to work with...
though, it doesn't produce the fastest parsers around.

There's also Ruby parsec if you want to go the parser combinator route:
http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JPARSEC/Ruby+Parsec
I have not played with it, though.

Phil