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seanmcdirmid
on June 2, 2017
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Show HN: “Statements and State”, the next chapter ...
Recursive descent is still a great way to implement parsers.
dozzie
on June 2, 2017
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"Recursive descent" is an ancient African expression meaning "I can't write grammars".
seanmcdirmid
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Most production compilers still depend on recursive descent because (a) it isn't that much harder compared to the generative approach, and (b) it is the best way to work in real error recovery or to support IDE services.
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