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Optimizing Parser Combinators
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Proceedings of the 11th edition of the International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies - IWST'16
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Parser combinators are a popular approach to parsing. Parser combinators follow the structure of an underlying grammar, are modular, well-structured, easy to maintain, and can recognize a large variety of languages including context-sensitive ones. However, their universality and flexibility introduces a noticeable performance overhead. Time-wise, parser combinators cannot compete with parsers generated by well-performing parser generators or optimized hand-written code. Techniques exist to
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... eve a linear asymptotic performance of parser combinators, yet there is still a significant constant multiplier. This can be further lowered using meta-programming techniques. In this work we present a more traditional approach to optimization -a compiler -applied to the domain of parser combinators. A parser combinator compiler (pc-compiler) analyzes a parser combinator, applies parser combinator-specific optimizations and, generates an equivalent high-performance top-down parser. Such a compiler preserves the advantages of parser combinators while complementing them with better performance. 1 https://github.com/sirthias/parboiled2 2
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