ANN: IronText Parsing Library for .Net

Hello everyone,


IronText is a DSL and Programming Language implementation library for .Net with
a remarkably low learning/maintenance threshold and at the same time powerful
enough to parse any context-free language.


Resources
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Source, Samples and Documentation: http://github.com/sucaba/IronTextLibrary/


NuGet Package: http://www.nuget.org/packages/IronText/


Current Version
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0.9.1.0 (1.0 beta)


Features
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- Syntax and lexical rules are described entirely using .Net type system with
    custom attributes


- Supports any context-free language including languages defined by ambiguous grammars


- Supports vocabularies of lexical and syntax rules which can be reused in
    different languages


- Generic methods can be used as a 'template rules'


- Allows defining language abstraction using interfaces and abstract classes
    which can have multiple implementations for different parsing tasks.


- Language can be inherited from another without access to a source code of the
    base language.


- Language can be nested within other language with compatible lexical
    rules.


- Built-in error handling


- Built-in line, column counting


- Scanner supports *modes* to handle complex lexical elements like nested
    comments.


Technical Details
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Parser: LALR1, RNGLR.
Scanner: DFA compiled to a RE2C-like .net code.

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