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Saša Jurić - Parsing from first principles - WebCamp Zagreb 2019

WebCamp Zagreb · talk · Watch on YouTube

Compilers, interpreters & program analysisFunctional programming

What it is

Sasa Juric explains how to parse a language from first principles without regexes, live-coding a simple parser combinator library in Elixir. It was given at WebCamp Zagreb 2019.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a clear, dense hour on parsers and parser combinators that holds the audience.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Saša Jurić is fantastic at condensing lots of information in a 1 hour talk without losing the audience”

    Speaker condenses lots of information in great talk.

    muhic, 2019-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Best Talks of 2019?”

  2. “is a good video on writing parser combinator in Elixir”

    Writing a parser combinator in Elixir.

    anarchyrucks, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “What's in a Parser Combinator? (2016)”

  3. “live-codes a simple Elixir PC library”

    Live-codes a simple Elixir parser combinator library.

    sandbags, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “Parser Combinators in Elixir”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: parsing, elixir, parser combinators, live coding, functional programming

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