What's JavaCC's ADVANTAGE versus ANTLR [closed]

Question

Too many people have told me about the disadvantages, but what is its advantage if any?

Giulietta

Answer 1

JavaCC doesn't require its own runtime JAR (the code it generates runs on its own), whereas ANTLR does.

Dualpurpose

Wait. ANTLR generates Java, but that Java won't run on the same runtime as an existing Java application? I'm a bit confused. Does JavaCC let you directly execute its parsed structure rather than needing to go through compiling and dynamic class loading? – Moneybags

@ebyrob: The code generated by ANTLR requires the ANTLR JAR to be on the classpath when that code is executed, whereas the JavaCC-generated code will run on its own. – Dualpurpose

Answer 2

JavaCC is incredibly easy to learn if you already know Java. The syntax is quite similar to standard Java syntax, and the differences are intuitive.

Avarice

+1 This matches my experience with JavaCC a few years ago. – Moneybags

Answer 3

JavaCC can generate C++ as of last year and Sreeni (the maintainer) is improving the system.

http://java.net/projects/javacc/lists/users/archive/2011-02/message/10

Confederate