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Saša Jurić - Parsing from first principles - WebCamp Zagreb 2019
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 HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it as a clear, dense hour on parsers and parser combinators that holds the audience.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- WebCamp Zagreb
- Topic
- parser combinators
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2021
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From the original HN conversations
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+1 for both talks Saša Jurić is fantastic at condensing lots of information in a 1 hour talk without losing the audience, he gave another great talk this year called Parsing from first principles ( [VIDEO] ).
muhic on Hacker News · 2019-12
In Ask HN: Best Talks of 2019?Parsing from first principles by Saša Jurić [0] is a good video on writing parser combinator in Elixir. [0] [VIDEO]
anarchyrucks on Hacker News · 2020-05
In What's in a Parser Combinator? (2016)This is a good article. Especially in that it talks a little bit about error handling which does not feel like a strength of NimbleParsec. Another good resource is this talk by Saša Jurić on Parsing from First Principles ( [VIDEO] ) where he talks …
sandbags on Hacker News · 2021-04
In Parser Combinators in Elixir
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