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I've never been able to fully grok parsers. I can write them, but can't make a functioning programming language out of them. I've read books, some of my favorit

I've never been able to fully grok parsers. I can write them, but can't make a functioning programming language out of them. I've read books, some of my favorite programming books ever (hat tip to Robert Nystrom). I've read papers, some of my favorite papers ever. But I never can quite seem to get it all to stick.

burntoutfire 5y ago
> I can write them, but can't make a functioning programming language out of them. What do you mean? A parser is just a program that parses input following a grammar into some kind of internal representation. Did you mean you can't write a compiler? A parser is just a small part of that.