Hello,

On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:14:53PM +0100, Joel Reymont wrote:
> _build/easy_parser.cmo -- ocamlyacc: 98,339,  menhir: 1,542,108
> _build/easy_parser.ml  -- ocamlyacc: 323,729, menhir: 3,550,332
> 
> Compiling a parser with produced by ocamlyacc also takes a fraction  
> of a second vs several seconds with menhir.

This is because we compile automata down to code, whereas ocamlyacc compiles
them down to tables. Ideally, we should provide an option to compile down to
tables instead of code, but we never found time to do so.

> I hope parsers produced by menhir is just as fast as those produce by  
> ocamlyacc during execution!

We did not perform any serious measurements, but we believe that we are
competitive. If you run a comparison, we would be interested in knowing
about the results.

-- 
François Pottier
Francois.Pottier@inria.fr
http://cristal.inria.fr/~fpottier/