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Parsing with Derivatives

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Parsing with Derivatives

A Stanford talk by Matthew Might on parsing with derivatives, a new way to write parsers, and why better parsing tools are needed. It discusses language theory and criticizes ad-hoc hand-written parsers.

Mentioned as a great talk and related reading in threads on parsing techniques.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2016–2023

Topics

  • Compilers, interpreters & program analysis
  • Functional programming

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