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cfors | 1 month ago
grug very elated find big brain developer Bob Nystrom redeem the big brain tribe and write excellent book on recursive descent: Crafting Interpreters
book available online free, but grug highly recommend all interested grugs purchase book on general principle, provide much big brain advice and grug love book very much except visitor pattern (trap!)
Grug says bad.
In all seriousness, the rough argument is that it's a "big brain" way of thinking. It sounds great on paper, but is often times not the easiest machinery to have to manage when there are simpler options (e.g. just add a method).
not-a-juggler|1 month ago
Grug doesn't elaborate much, but here's the author's take in slightly more detail.