From joe at begriffs.com  Sun Nov 28 16:56:36 2021
From: joe at begriffs.com (Joe Nelson)
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:56:36 -0600
Subject: Parse pal
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> Nicholas Drozd wrote:
> > I'm not prepared to get into any new study at the moment, but if one
> > of your famous deep-dive posts is in the works, I would be happy to
> > read rough drafts, verify code samples, etc.
> 
> Thanks! I do want to write something about parsing, and I'm trying to
> find the right scope for the article. I'll let you know when there's
> something to review.

Well, a year later and I finally got the dang thing written. ;)

https://begriffs.com/posts/2021-11-28-practical-parsing.html

From june at causal.agency  Sun Nov 28 23:48:47 2021
From: june at causal.agency (june)
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:48:47 -0500
Subject: Parse pal
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> On Nov 28, 2021, at 11:56, Joe Nelson <joe at begriffs.com> wrote:
> 
>> Nicholas Drozd wrote:
>>> I'm not prepared to get into any new study at the moment, but if one
>>> of your famous deep-dive posts is in the works, I would be happy to
>>> read rough drafts, verify code samples, etc.
>> 
>> Thanks! I do want to write something about parsing, and I'm trying to
>> find the right scope for the article. I'll let you know when there's
>> something to review.
> 
> Well, a year later and I finally got the dang thing written. ;)
> 
> https://begriffs.com/posts/2021-11-28-practical-parsing.html

Great article, thanks!


From chris at sencjw.com  Sun Nov 28 23:52:44 2021
From: chris at sencjw.com (Chris Wilson)
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 17:52:44 -0600
Subject: Parse pal
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This is really clear! Great article. 

> On Nov 28, 2021, at 10:56, Joe Nelson <joe at begriffs.com> wrote:
> 
> ?
>> 
>> Nicholas Drozd wrote:
>>> I'm not prepared to get into any new study at the moment, but if one
>>> of your famous deep-dive posts is in the works, I would be happy to
>>> read rough drafts, verify code samples, etc.
>> 
>> Thanks! I do want to write something about parsing, and I'm trying to
>> find the right scope for the article. I'll let you know when there's
>> something to review.
> 
> Well, a year later and I finally got the dang thing written. ;)
> 
> https://begriffs.com/posts/2021-11-28-practical-parsing.html


From nicholasdrozd at gmail.com  Tue Nov 30 14:57:07 2021
From: nicholasdrozd at gmail.com (Nicholas Drozd)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 08:57:07 -0600
Subject: Parse pal
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I was stuck in the car driving through Ohio when you posted this --
the perfect time for a 9,000-word Begriffs article!

As for my own parsing needs, I ended up writing a Turing machine
parser in Idris using parser combinators:

  - https://github.com/nickdrozd/busy-beaver-stuff/blob/main/idris/Parse.idr