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From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: "Aurélien Aptel" <aurelien.aptel@gmail.com>
Cc: Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com>,
	ragel-users@complang.org, emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: GSoC 2012 -- Elisp backend for Ragel
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:10:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k425ofuq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+5B0FPazZwpfiBKHzje=hg75BECQXMYdFOD8C11zki3mR7t2w@mail.gmail.com> ("Aurélien Aptel"'s message of "Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:49:58 +0200")

Hi Aurélien,

Aurélien Aptel <aurelien.aptel@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> wrote:
>>> Is it still hand written? If so, I think it's ultimately a bad idea
>>> and it should be rewritten using ragel.
>>
>> I guess that's because you're not fluent in english, but this sounds
>> a bit "peremptory".  We are not only interested in code, we are also
>
> Sorry I've made a bad impression or if my remarks feels a bit
> passive-agressive. It's harder (and longer) for me to write in
> english, yes :p

No problem!

>> interested in learning from each others.  That's what make this list
>> a nice place to live in.  If you have code or explanations you want
>> to share, please do!
>
> From my classes, I thought it was widely accepted that sufficiently
> complex parsers should now be written by a tool like ragel. But again
> I'm not experienced, I never had to parse a complex language.

Writing an Org parser with Ragel looks like an interesting project in
itself, theoretically speaking -- and you will find great minds around
that will follow and support your progress on this.

But for a GSoC project, we have to think in very practical terms ("how
will this improve the current code-base?)  Achim's remarks are good
ones.  And remember potential mentors are volunteers, the same ones 
that (try to) maintain Org everyday.

Anyway, I'm glad to learn about Ragel.  But as I said, my priority 
goes to anything that can help Nicolas parser (testing, learning, 
adding new backends, etc.)

Thanks,

-- 
 Bastien

  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-27 23:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-22 13:43 GSoC 2012 -- Elisp backend for Ragel Rustom Mody
2012-03-23 11:12 ` Aurélien Aptel
2012-03-23 11:36   ` Rustom Mody
     [not found]     ` <CAJ+TeoebkVTLs9nrDTH_6xvzvkk1vTEZDL2iHmEAkTUfZRjpjQ@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]       ` <CAJ+TeoebkVTLs9nrDTH_6xvzvkk1vTEZDL2iHmEAkTUfZRjpjQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-25  4:17         ` Rustom Mody
2012-03-25  6:55           ` Rustom Mody
2012-03-25 10:06           ` Aurélien Aptel
2012-03-25 11:40             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-03-25 12:52               ` Martyn Jago
2012-03-27 20:34                 ` Aurélien Aptel
2012-03-27 21:22                   ` Achim Gratz
2012-03-27 22:11                     ` Aurélien Aptel
2012-03-28  6:34                       ` Achim Gratz
2012-03-29 17:50                         ` Aurélien Aptel
2012-03-29 17:52                           ` Samuel Wales
2012-03-29 19:04                           ` Achim Gratz
     [not found]               ` <87vclsykl6.fsf-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-27 20:03                 ` Aurélien Aptel
2012-03-26 16:01             ` Bastien
     [not found]               ` <87wr674aii.fsf-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-27 20:49                 ` Aurélien Aptel
2012-03-27 22:10                   ` Bastien [this message]
2012-03-26 15:53     ` Bastien
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-03-21 18:51 Aurélien Aptel
2012-03-21 19:32 ` Aurélien Aptel
2012-03-21 19:34 ` Samuel Wales
2012-03-22 12:22 ` Thorsten
2012-03-24  8:16 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-03-26 16:03 ` Bastien

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