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Parsing with Derivatives

Stanford · talk · Watch on YouTube

Compilers, interpreters & program analysisFunctional programming

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “he also gave a great talk on parsing with derivatives”

    Great talk on parsing with derivatives.

    cellularmitosis, 2018-09 · Recommendation · in “A Battle Plan for a War on Rare Diseases: Conversation with Matt Might”

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Topics: parsing, language theory, matt might, parser combinators, derivatives

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