See also peg.js: http://pegjs.majda.cz/ http://pegjs.majda.cz/. The theory of parsing and compiling has some really nice concrete applications all over the plac

See also peg.js: http://pegjs.majda.cz/ http://pegjs.majda.cz/. The theory of parsing and compiling has some really nice concrete applications all over the place. In general, if you want to properly model a specific domain computationally you will almost surely travel through parsers and compilers. Here's a nice talk on the topic: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/tools-language-workbench http://www.infoq.com/presentations/tools-language-workbench.