From John Blake (jeblake@ix.netcom.com) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 08:37:32 -0600 1.Please provide a short description of JTB as a recommendation to someone who has never seen or used it before. JTB is a the simplest tree builder tool I have seen. 2.How would you classify your use of JTB? What kind of work are you doing or have you done using JTB? I have been learning JavaCC and wrote a tool to provide simple coverage checking (this is just a personl project). I had begun work on expanding this by using jjtree to do more complex cases of coverage checking but due to time restraints and the complexity of jjtree was unable to continue. 3.What is your opinion on JTB? Did you find the tool useful? Please rate it on a scale from 1 to 10 (worst to best). I found JTB and have begun using it. So far I think it is the best tool. I give a 10 (especially with the new JTB1.1pre2 which handles Special Tokens). 4.Have you used other similar tools such as JJTree or ANTLR (specifically, the tree-building aspect of it)? Yes, I have used jjtree. 5.If you answered yes to number 4, how would you compare JTB with these other tools? Again, please rate it from 1 to 10 in comparison and include anything you have to say, including comments on ease of use, learning curve, etc. JTB is a definite 10 compared to jjtree. JTB is more intuitive and much easier to learn and use. 6.Please include below any other comments you have regarding JTB. Feel free to include any suggestions for improvement. Keep up the good work. --John