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Ragel State Machine Compiler

What kind of task is Ragel good for?

  • Lexing programming languages.
  • Parsing file formats.
  • Creating robust custom protocols.
  • Checking your "Theory of Computation" homework.

Features

  • Describe arbitrary state machines using regular language operators and/or state tables.
  • NFA to DFA conversion.
  • Hopcroft's state minimization.
  • Embed any number of actions into machines at arbitrary places.
  • Control non-determinism using priorities on transitions.
  • Visualize output with Graphviz.
  • Use byte, double byte or word sized alphabets.
  • Generate C/C++/Objective-C code with no dependencies.
  • Choose from table or control flow driven output.
By Mark Evans at 2005-11-19 06:56 | Meta-Programming | Software Engineering | other blogs | 13105 reads