M1

Objectives:

Package

• Downloadable single .zip file
• Command line tool taking .n2 file(s) with grammar as input and producing assembly with parser
• Generated assembly contains code that transforms input text into AST, and can output (pretty-print) AST into text file
• Can be used from any major .NET language (C#, VB, F#) and, of course, Nemerle

Performance

• Performance comparisons with
  • ANTLR on C# grammar
  • JSON parsers (Native Json parser, JavaScriptSerializer, Json@codeplex)
  • XML parsers (SAX & DOM)