4 ms·
If you are at liberty to share, were these parsers for a specific domain? I'm curious about how to decide when creating a domain-specific grammar/language is wo
by danso 7y ago
If you are at liberty to share, were these parsers for a specific domain? I'm curious about how to decide when creating a domain-specific grammar/language is worth it for any given project.
- jchook 7y agoIn my case I basically just transliterated RFC XXXX grammars from ABNF to code. I ended up really enjoying it. I have seen problems that probably do merit a special DSL or language, though I find it somewhat unfortunate if you need such a thing. One example that comes to mind, Soul lang: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19791154 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19791154