Re: [racket-users] Recommendation for learning syntax?

> On Aug 10, 2018, at 1:02 PM, Eric Griffis wrote: > > A few months ago, I was similarly confused. Here's what I remember > learning since then. > > Let's call the character-level syntax of a language concrete and any > higher-level syntax abstract. By these definitions, a parser makes > concr

Re: [racket-users] Recommendation for learning syntax?

A few months ago, I was similarly confused. Here's what I remember learning since then. Let's call the character-level syntax of a language *concrete* and any higher-level syntax *abstract*. By these definitions, a *parser* makes concrete syntax abstract, and an *interpreter* translates one piece

[racket-users] Recommendation for learning syntax?

Simply put, I find syntax to be a brain I can do simple stuff, often by extensive study of example code, and I even have the odd moment of illumination, which shows me that there is more to it than just masochism! What I do not have is the flow, the mojo, to be able to write syntax like se