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Well, It looks like I'm back with another Recursive Descent post. This time I'm going to learn you how to parse those pesky Nth dimensional array references and deeply nested object members using recursive descent. So grab some coffee, strap in, and le

To use map/filter/reduce on lists would for the longest time immediately identify you as a lisp hacker. Overtime the immense utility of these list operations have led to their being incorporated by more and more mainstream languages. Now you can find t

Symbol tables are a fundamental part of compilers. Depending on the compiler and the semantics of the language being compiled different symbol tables may be used for different phases of compilation, or one symbol table may be used through the entire co

As Hanukkah approached and I gathered my holiday supplies, I ran through my list to make sure I had everything I needed. Latkes? Check. Chcoclate Gelt? Double check. Menorah? Check. Candles? Check.... I think? How many am i going to need? Now, I could

In 1973 Vaughn Pratt published a paper about a method of top down expression parsing he devised while implementing the CGOL programming language, ultimately to little fan fare. And so quietly it sat, forgotten on the shelf while the academic world did