Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:49 AM bart

Fun with MPPG/MPLex - Visual Studio 2005 SDK version 3.0

Did you know the third version of the Visual Studio 2005 SDK was shipped about one month ago? I missed this one out for a while, so it's time to explore it right now. Check out Somasegar's WebLog too for information on it.

One great thing in there is the MPPG/MPLex parser/lexer twin (just like yacc/lex or bison/flex) sample that comes with the SDK. I saw this project (called GPPG) from Queensland University quite a while ago (after attending the Good For Nothing Compiler session at the PDC last year) and have been skimming over it because of my interest in compilers. The big difference with yacc/lex is the output language, which is C# instead of C.

As you might already know by now, I spend a lot of my free time on the "dark side", inside the runtime (cf. SSCLI), messing around with specs (cf. ECMA-335) and having fun with compiler technology (cf. some-personal-project-without-a-name). I'll try to blog about MPPG/MPLex experiences in the near future.

If this isn't something to spend your Sunday afternoon on ...

Bart De Smet - Ghent - 10/12/06 1:55 (deferred post)

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