From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2002-09-19T02:49:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Why are parser tools rarely used in ruby?(Rockit)

In article <Pine.GSO.4.44.0209180929320.9856-100000@duquesne.ce.chalmers.se>,
Robert Feldt  <feldt@ce.chalmers.se> wrote:
>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!
>

We look forward to your return!

Phil