From: Robert Feldt <feldt@...>
Date: 2002-09-18T16:34:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Why are parser tools rarely used in ruby?(Rockit)

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Phil Tomson wrote:

> There have been a couple of positive mentions of Rockit in this thread.
> I've not used it, but I read the section in the Ruby Developer's Guide on
> Rockit.  It seems that the consensus is that it 'rocks' but is perhaps a
> bit slow.  Is anyone still working on improving Rockit's performance?
> (Robert?)
>
I'm a bit ashamed to say that I've had almost no time for Ruby or Rockit
this year. My hope is now that things will start looking better in
January '03. Before that I'm sad to say that Rockit will probably not be
the best parser generator choice for Ruby.

The Rockit version I've been working on (0.4) uses a new model with
better performance characteristics. It is designed to have both a Ruby and
C backend if you really need the speed.

Hope to be back in the community next year!

Regards,

Robert Feldt