Working on parsers: Fun Working on JS parsers: Not fun
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I should clarify. Working on a parser in JavaScript is fun. Working on a parser to parse JavaScript, is not.
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Replying to @WhoAteDaCake
JS grammar is pretty complex. There's a lot of context-dependent grammar and it makes it hard to reason about. More specifically, in order to get good performance you have to write some pretty esoteric code.
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Replying to @sebmck @WhoAteDaCake
Also I hate parser generators so I've bought this on my self
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