my scala markdown implementation

[Mathias]

Chris,

Actuarius looks like an excellent piece of hard work!
Thanks a lot for making it available.

I'm looking forward to taking a look at your test and benchmark code.
(Of course I will have to tune pegdown to become the fastest of the three implementations... ;)

Thanks again! (Also for your rather balanced comparisons, very nice!)

Cheers,
Mathias

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On 06.01.2011, at 18:27, Christoph Henkelmann wrote:


> Hello, 

> 

> I finally released my Scala Markdown implementation. As I did not get

> any feedback on the naming issues, I decided to call it "Actuarius",

> after the latin word for the medieval scribe. (The blokes copying books

> before there was printing & writing for people who cannot write

> themselves). Also I thought it unfair to call it "scala-markdown", as

> this sounds somehow official, as it were the "real" markdown

> implementation for scala, while there is already an older and more

> mature Markdown processor for Scala (i.e.: Knockoff)

> 

> You can find the project pages here: 

> <http://henkelmann.eu/projects/actuarius/> 

> 

> I also built a web dingus where you can not only try out Actuarius but

> PegDown and Knockoff as well: 

> <http://henkelmann.eu/projects/actuarius/dingus> 

> 

> I hope it is OK if I call it "Dingus" as well, but I did not really know

> what else to call it. If that is any issue with anyone, I will change

> the name, just tell me so. No need to send the lawyers after me ;)

> 

> I also did a (large) number of performance tests. I still need to wrap

> up the test project, release the code and test cases and write a proper

> blog post about it. (I think it would be fair if other people checked &

> repeated it, as I am obviously biased). I will publish the details after

> this weekend, here the short summary: 

> 

> * Actuarius twice as fast as Knockoff on "average" input

> * Knockoff twice as fast as PegDown on "average" input

> 

> Average input is a good mix of plain text, code, quotes, lists,

> emphasis, links etc. However both Actuarius and Knockoff have serious

> issues with certain "bad" input (e.g.: every word with separate emphasis

> like *foo* *foo* *foo*) were performance suddenly **seriously** degrades

> (I hope to fix that in a later release). PegDown's speed is more

> constant and reliable (albeit somewhat slower). 

> 

> Chris

> 

> 

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