Seems like Lua would be a perfect target for Ragel. Do you know if anyone is working in this direction ?<p>How does it compare with LPeg[1] ? This is what I currently use for all my parsing needs.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.inf.puc-rio.br&#x2F;~roberto&#x2F;lpeg&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.inf.puc-rio.br&#x2F;~roberto&#x2F;lpeg&#x2F;</a>