From: Justin Collins <justincollins@...>
Date: 2009-03-21T12:10:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Writing a language converter in Ruby ?

Zouplaz wrote:
> Hi, I wonder where to start if I wanted to write a converter from XX
> language source code to Ruby source code or from Ruby to XX ?
>
> Eg. Converting Basic source code to Ruby ?
>
> Do I absolutely need to use a tool like CocoR
> (http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/CocoR/) ? Or is there a 
> standalone approach that only uses Ruby capacities ?
>
>
>

Why not use existing tools? I like treetop, myself: 
http://treetop.rubyforge.org/

-Justin