On Apr 30, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Jim Idle wrote: > It will be easier to write backends as no template code for lexers. Implement > a simple vm and you are done. Then improvements in the vm will improve all > lexers. I will likely do a C vm and a couple of assembly versions for intel > etc
It's also all about the cache misses these days. thousands of lines of java code will likely blow out the cache. The small VM and small lexer representation should fit nicely in instr and data caches. Ter List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest Unsubscribe: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-email-address -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "il-antlr-interest" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/il-antlr-interest?hl=en.
