Hi Serge,
2016-07-29 14:38 GMT+02:00 Serge Stinckwich serge.stinckwich@gmail.com:
On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 2:23 PM, Thierry Goubier thierry.goubier@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Sven,
I'd put RB + SmaCC among the lot. But I consider that really non-trivial
:
the pattern language of RB (and the underlying pattern matching and unification algorithm) is top notch, and how SmaCC builds on RB to
virtually
generate code / optimise code / then compile is nothing short of amazing.
SmaCC comes with a pattern matching/unification algorithm over ASTs + auto-generation of AST code + visitor + tree equality + the equivalent of Flex/Bison(*) + a GUI in 11401 lines of code.
SmaCC deserves definitively more advertisements and should be added to MOOSE platform I think.
When I see all the buzz around languages workbenches like Rascal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffx7VtEOSx4
with MOOSE+RB+SmaCC+Reflectivity+GTools we are close to these tools (or even better).
SmaCC requires a bit of effort. It's not trendy in research like PetitParser is, so spending research student time on it (if I had any :() is costly. But for providing tools for business partners, it is very valuable: the parsers are fast and reliable.
Thierry
Regards,
Serge Stinckwich UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC) Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/ _______________________________________________ Moose-dev mailing list Moose-dev@list.inf.unibe.ch https://www.list.inf.unibe.ch/listinfo/moose-dev