* Andreas Metzler: > It is not uncommon to directly generate C source from ASN.1 modules.
Is that really true? Are there high-quality free ASN.1 toolchains? In my experience, the ASN.1 modules in RFCs are mostly used like the packet layout diagrams, as an informal description, but I never had much exposure to certain heavy ASN.1 users such as SNMP.
