Future of Descent and D Eclipse IDE

[Bruno Medeiros]

On 03/06/2010 14:59, Ellery Newcomer wrote:
> On 06/03/2010 08:36 AM, Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>> On 28/05/2010 15:44, Ellery Newcomer wrote:
>>> On 05/28/2010 05:49 AM, Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What do mean slow side? And what things can it parse that DMD can't? (I
>>>> wasn't aware there were things DMD could not parse)
>>>>
>>>
>>> There's a few corner cases. eg:
>>>
>>> int delegate()[] i = [{while(true){}}];
>>>
>>> I think they're all in bugzilla.
>>>
>>> If you want a gauge on speed, it usually takes 10 to 15 seconds to parse
>>> through all of tango's code. (As an LL(k) parser, ANTLR requires
>>> lookahead in places that dmd doesn't.)
>>
>> BTW, what project is that parser for? Is it internal (like commercial)
>> or is open source? Is it listed here:
>> http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?GrammarParsers ?
>>
>
> Hm. Never knew about that page :)
>
> There might be an old version of it in antlrd; I'll check; but it's a
> project I started a year or two ago with the intent to eventually build
> an IDE with.

Could you elaborate a bit more? I think I read in another post that your 
parser targets the Java language, I didnt expect that, so the IDE you're 
planning is in Java as well?? Would that be for a Netbeans based IDE, or 
is it something commercial you are thinking? Basicly I'm wondering why 
you wouldnt join the Descent project, if is in Java as well :)

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Bruno Medeiros - Software Engineer