In computer science, parsing is a big deal. They make it complicated, of course. But it shouldn't be. I developed a new approach to parsing which is implemented
here. It is based on a simple stack of integers that are positions in what is effectively recursive descent parsing. I use this idea to compile Luan but also to parse
JSON,
Lucene queries,
HTTP requests,
BBCode,
CSS,
CSV,
HTML, and other things.
When I wrote the
JSON parser, it worked on the first run. It is so much simpler than any other JSON parser. I dare you to look for any JSON parser as simple as this one. All my other parsers are similar. My approach to parsing reflects my anti-modern values. I hate theoretical bullshit and I hate needless complexity. Think deeply about a problem (like parsing) until you see the essence of it. Then write clean simple code to solve the problem.
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