Do you think the word machine is greatly misused ?

[baiwfg2]

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Hi, calio. I love this cheat sheet. I've learned some concepts from ragel-guide.pdf. Somehow I think the word machine is misused by the author. Isn't it better to replace it with pattern or something like ? Prefer to say buildin pattern instead of buildin machine. What do you think ?

[calio]

It could be. machine is a large work and has many meanings. But in this specific context, a machine is a state machine. builtin_machine means builtin state machine. If you follow this logic, and convert machine to state machine mentally, it should make things clear.