[antlr-interest] C# vs MSIL Output

[Robin Debreuil]

You should throw in an option d) there, parse into a CodeDom structure. That
way you can generate il (pre-generate or at runtime), or source code for
other languages that implement it (C#, vb, etc). You can also use that
sturcture from any .net language. Depends on your needs I guess, but
something to consider...

Cheers,
Robin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Bresnahan" <mbresnah at visi.com>
To: <antlr-interest at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 12:37 AM
Subject: [antlr-interest] C# vs MSIL Output


> I'm beginning a project to create a .NET mini-language for performing data
> transformations.  I'm currently debating which of following would be best:
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> A) compile the language into a data structure that is used by a runtime
> engine to perform the transformations
> B) compile the language into C# code that performs the transformations
> (after a second compilation)
> C) compile the language directly to MSIL (.NET virtual machine
assembly-like
> language) that performs the transformations
>
> Here's a breakdown of how I see these approaches comparing based on 3
> criteria: ease of implementation, execution speed, and compilation speed
>
> Option    Implementation  execution  compilation
> -------------------------------------------------
> A         easy            slow       fast
> B         medium          fast       slow
> C         hard            fast       medium
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> I'm currently leaning towards C, because a) it appears to have the best
> trade off between execution and compilation speed b) it is the approach
> taken by XSLTC (albeit in Java) and NMock, and c) it sounds like fun.
> However, I am aware that ANTLR choose option B for its C#/.NET code
> generator.  Would the designers of that piece care to share some insight
> with me?
>
> Mike Bresnahan
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