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0 pointseastWestMath9y ago0 comments

Writing a parser is broadly applicable to a wide range of problems, not just writing a compiler.

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barrkel9y ago· 1 in thread

The criticism is that the strongest part of the book is focused on writing compiler compilers - that is, writing tools that write parsers - not writing parsers.

eru9y ago

My criticism is that the book is unbearably imperative and doesn't actually teach you any of the theory well.

k__9y ago

yes.

Wrote many for XML/json based configs.

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