From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2002-09-17T15:32:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Why are parser tools rarely used in ruby?

In article <001301c25dea$5dfbaae0$d501a8c0@TECHNO>,
Rich Kilmer <rich@infoether.com> wrote:
>Just to put in a little plug for a friend...Bob Calco is actively
>working on a c-parser for Ruby code based on Matz's parse.y file that
>detaches the Ruby source parsing from the Runtime.  Its going to build
>c-structures of the parsed AST and will be usable by Ruby programs (to
>parse Ruby) examples of which are the FreeRIDE IDE for fast source
>parsing.  It will also be useful for other languages that want to parse
>Ruby (through C).
>

So we'll be able to get the AST for the currently running program?  Any 
schedule for the initial release?  Does Bob need any help?  I'm thinking 
this might be useful for Cardinal.

BTW: Is this similar to Ruth which I belive is also based on Matz' 
parse.y file?

Phil