Thanks for your input. LFE is quite an unexpected "thing". What I'm trying to do, is just a "lunch time project"; something that I can target without corporate constrains just as a learning exercise. Furthermore I can test the Clojure version against my old working Java version.
As I was saying, while experimenting with Instaparse, I'm having the feeling it is not the correct Clojure tool for this type of development On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 2:17:50 PM UTC+1, adrians wrote: > > If you need the features of Erlang but would like that in a Lisp (not > Common Lisp, though) environment, have you taken a look at LFE (Lisp > Flavored Erlang)? I'm not trying to discourage you from looking at Clojure, > but if you need/depend on some of the features of Erlang, LFE might be a > closer fit. > > http://lfe.io > > On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 8:11:53 AM UTC-4, svent...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> Hi >> >> Months ago I read a review that praised Clojure's clean approach and use >> of JVM that is almost always available in my deployments. >> >> My background: started with 370 assembly ( so I'm not young!!!) and >> during the last four years I've been using Erlang for network applications. >> For my type of work the functional approach, concurrency and bit handling >> of Erlang are life savings. Nonetheless I feel "the call" of Clojure. As an >> exercise I would like to re implement something I did years ago in Java, >> i.e. a sort of parser. What I have on my hands is a DSL like this >> >> HeaderRule=hr-ftp >> Term=100 >> name="ftp" >> From=1 >> networkPort="21" >> Protocol=1 >> Tcp=1 >> up >> up >> up >> Then=1 >> ProtocolInspection=1 >> ftpRuleSet="frs-ftp" >> up >> ServiceDataFlowId=1 >> payload=99 >> up >> up >> up >> up >> HeaderRule=hr-http >> ...... >> >> For my old Java implementation I used state machines to build an internal >> representation, sort of an AST, that would be used to analyze pcap files. >> In my Clojure challenge, I would like to have a different approach. >> Googling around I've found many options: Parsley, Instaparse, cljcc and >> more. Some mentioned on www.clojure-toolbox.com seem to be more >> abandonware. >> At the moment I'm focusing on Instaparse. However, maybe due to the >> previous implementation, I feel that this is not the best approach with >> Clojure. Certainly my rookie state is leading me the wrong way. >> >> Comments and feedback will be greatly appreciated >> >> Fred >> >> >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
