I think people should know about parsing, but I don't think the material on parsing in most compiler books (LL parsing, shift-reduce conflicts, etc.) is particu

I think people should know about parsing, but I don't think the material on parsing in most compiler books (LL parsing, shift-reduce conflicts, etc.) is particularly relevant. I've had good experiences using parser combinator libraries. They are straight-forward to use, and to write, and expressive. Beyond that, it's seeing how to breakdown a parsing problem into a grammar that I think is the main skill.