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Ragel State Machine Compiler - Compiles finite state machines from regular languages into runnable C code

Ragel compiles finite state machines from regular languages into runnable C code. It allows you to embed function calls at any point in your regular language, and to control the non-determinism in the resulting machines. It function calls at any point in your regular language, and to control the non-determinism in the resulting

It understands concatenation, union (the "or" operator), kleene star, subtraction, and intersection, as well as some helpers like "!", "?" and "+". Ragel's finite state machines are closed under all of its operators. This property allows for arbitrary regular lanuages to be described. It can be used to create a parser for any language that is regular.

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://www.elude.ca/ragel/
Source tarballhttp://www.elude.ca/ragel/ragel-3.5.tar.gz
Version 3.5 (stable) released on 2004-05-29
Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.
This is not a GNU package.

Documentation

English user manual in PostScript format available from http://www.elude.ca/ragel/ragel-guide-3.2.ps.gz; English user manual in PDF format available from http://www.elude.ca/ragel/ragel-guide-3.2.pdf
Support contacts

Help List<adriant@ragel.ca>
Developer List<adriant@ragel.ca>
Bug List<adriant@ragel.ca>

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Related information

Interfacescommand line
Source languagesC++
Supported languagesC++, C
Build prerequisitesFlex, Bison

Entry information

License verified byRon Peterson <yrp001@gnu.org> on 2002-03-03
Entry compiled byAdrian Thurston <adriant@ragel.ca>

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