@@ -1,19 +1,15 @@ h1. RubyEx -h2. What? +h2. What, why, how? RubyEx is my attempt at creating a Ruby parser, byte-code generator and VM for that byte-code. I've never written a parser, byte-code or VM before, and hence the entire codebase is often completely refactored at once in some commits. -h2. Why? - I am an avid Rubyist, and my only motivating factor to write this is since I thought it'd be a good bit of fun. Originally my plan was to write an interpreter for the byte-code to run as a kernel module (speed?!) - I may still try to do it, but that's risky like nothing else and a complex beast to run in kernel space that we'd all rather not. So, RubyEx turned out instead just to be my parser and VM. -h2. How? - The parser is written using flex/bison, and generates byte-code from an object-oriented AST. The AST can also produce messy Ruby instead, and the current design means it wouldn't be too hard to add other forms of output for the AST. The VM is written in C++, and is a learning experience for me as I learn just how much Ruby gives us, by having to implement it myself. README.textile fdf4cb80cfb795ef6aa2606221c21e0c56f95fb5 Arlen Cuss celtic@sairyx.org http://github.com/celtic/rubyex/commit/8de65a5f3ca7313ada80324b504cbdca9235db65 8de65a5f3ca7313ada80324b504cbdca9235db65 2008-08-29T21:13:46-07:00 2008-08-29T21:13:46-07:00 Too visually sparse. d2daf54affef4d04c5af14f225170ecaf3cb9fb7 Arlen Cuss celtic@sairyx.org