From: Minero Aoki <aamine@...>
Date: 2003-09-25T11:56:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Which racc?

Hi,

  In mail "Which racc?"
    Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> wrote:

> I see that racc is in the distro of Ruby 1.8.0. 
> It is slightly different than racc-1.4.3.
> 
> Can someone tell me which version I should be using?

Racc is composed of a "generator" and a "runtime".
A generator generates parser classes.
Parser classes works with a runtime.
Racc 1.4.3 includes both of a generator and a runtime.
Ruby 1.8.0 comes with only the racc 1.4.3 runtime.
Runtimes which are included in racc 1.4.3 and ruby 1.8.0
are functionally same one.

In a word:
If you need a generator, use racc 1.4.3.
Otherwise use ruby 1.8.0.

Regards,
Minero Aoki