https://stuffbyaster.org/blog/programming-languages/ Recent content in Programming Languages on Stuff by Aster Hugo en-us Tue, 19 May 2026 13:21:22 -0400 https://stuffbyaster.org/learning-parser-combinators-part-1/ Tue, 19 May 2026 13:21:22 -0400 https://stuffbyaster.org/learning-parser-combinators-part-1/ <p>Today, I decided I would begin learning how to use parser combinators. Now I&rsquo;ve been floating around PLDev communities for quite a long time now, and everyone under the sun who enjoys declarative and functional programming has told me to try parser combinators, that they would be one of the best things that I have ever used in terms of extensible parsing. Now admittedly I have always kinda blown this off, and that&rsquo;s not to say I haven&rsquo;t tried it before. When I attempted to learn these combinators, I was told to start with <a href="https://github.com/haskell/parsec">Parsec</a>, a very lovely Haskell package, and it really is quite beautifully made.</p>