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Ragel compiles finite state machines from regular languages into runnable C
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code. Ragel state machines can not only recognize byte sequences as regular
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expression machines do, but can also execute code at arbitrary points in the
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recognition of a regular language.
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When you wish to write down a regular language you start with some simple
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regular language and build a bigger one using the regular language operators
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union, concatenation, kleene star, intersection and subtraction. This is
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precisely the way you describe to Ragel how to compile your finite state
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machines. Ragel also understands operators that insert function calls into
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machines and operators that control any non-determinism in machines.
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WWW: http://www.ragel.ca/ragel/
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