ComparisonWithPygments » History » Version 1
Kornelius Kalnbach, 12/05/2010 02:55 AM
| 1 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | h1. Comparison with Pygments |
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| 3 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | h2. General sifferences |
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| 5 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | * CodeRay is a Ruby library, Pygments is written in Python. |
| 6 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | * CodeRay supports 19 languages, while Pygments supports over 90. |
| 7 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | * CodeRay has handwritten scanners. In Pygments, scanners are defined with a scanner DSL. |
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| 9 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | h2. Handwritten vs. DSL, Pro & Contra |
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| 11 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | The last two differences in the list above are very much related. |
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| 13 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | h3. Pro: handwritten scanners (CodeRay) |
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| 15 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | * faster |
| 16 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | ** lots of fine tuning is possible |
| 17 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | ** no overhead for DSL transformation and interpretation |
| 18 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | * more flexible |
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| 20 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | h3. Pro: scanner definition (Pygments) |
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| 22 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | * easier to write, read, and maintain |
| 23 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | ** less code |
| 24 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | * DSL interpreter can be optimized/changed independently |
| 25 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | * porting scanners is easier |
| 26 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | * use of higher-level features (like token groups) is simple |
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| 28 | 1 | Kornelius Kalnbach | h2. Other differences |