[antlr-interest] Profiler 2

[Micheal J]

> One point here.  The "8% throw" is because in C++, exceptions 
> are supposed to be, well, exceptional (i.e., rare).

I think it's true for Java/C# too. Especially C# (exceptional exception
costs imo).

> The cost of speculative lookahead is horrid.

Yep.

> If there's any "( ) =>" predicates, they will kill you.

You're right again but, Ruslan's an ANTLR vet' afaict so, I'm assuming he's
taken care to avoid that tarpit. ;-)

Micheal