From: "markus liedl" <markus.lado / gmx.de>
> 
> The RubyInRuby project: Is there somebody willing to do a complete Regexp
> interpreter in Ruby?
> 
> First step would be a parser, where you can find help in matz' parse.y
> 
> ahmm: you shouldn't think about optimisations, just code in Ruby.

Sounds like a fun task, but, I'm trying to guess as to what practical
use this implementation would be expected to be put?

I try to shy away from premature optimization myself, but . . . =)

I'd have imagined such a thing would need to be written in "sRuby"
(cf. http://www.ce.chalmers.se/~feldt/ruby/ideas/rubyvm/rubyvm.pdf )
to have a chance of being able to be useful for performance reasons.

Is there some anticipated use for a regexp-engine-in-Ruby where
performance is not a primary concern? 


Regards,

Bill