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| | 15 or so combinators that can be combined to parse almost anything
| | andreabergia.com
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| | I usually write parsers by starting from a grammar and either coding a lexer/parser by hand or relying on tools such as the fantastic Antlr. However, a friend recently introduced me to parser combinators, which I found to be very interesting and useful. It's not a recent idea, but it was new to me, and I have found it to be very interesting and useful.
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| [AI summary] This text is a detailed exploration of the development and implementation of a regular expression engine, drawing from the works of several key figures in the field. It covers various features and techniques, including capturing groups, backreferences, numeric ranges, and the use of threads to simulate backtracking. The author also discusses the inspiration from Russ Cox, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson, and their contributions to the field of regular expressions and computing.