[HN Gopher] Tour of Parser-Printers: Introduction
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       Tour of Parser-Printers: Introduction
        
       Author : mbw234
       Score  : 48 points
       Date   : 2022-04-11 15:49 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | tempodox wrote:
       | Cool, that's an interesting way to apply parser combinators.
       | Where can I download the library? Also, the Sample Code link at
       | the end is 404.
        
         | mbw234 wrote:
         | Sorry about that, broken links have been fixed in the episode
         | and here's a link to the library:
         | https://github.com/pointfreeco/swift-parsing.
        
       | cxr wrote:
       | This post links to a video where at least one presenter (the one
       | on the right) reads directly from a prepared text while trying to
       | vary his delivery in a way that's supposed to make it sound like
       | it's natural conversation or, say, a lecture which _is_ prepared
       | but where no verbatim script exists. A word of advice (at least
       | if you 're trying to maximize your reach*): don't do this.
       | 
       | I listen to at least one podcast where the host does this, too,
       | and it's tolerable for an occasional listen but extremely
       | grating. I can only imagine that this happens because no one has
       | ever told them "don't do this; it is extremely grating", so they
       | think it really is achieving some sort of polished, Ira Glass/NPR
       | effect. It doesn't, and I imagine further that for lots of people
       | it's actually intolerable instead of being merely ineffective,
       | which means those listeners opt out instead. (Even in the case of
       | the podcast I mentioned, I'm less motivated to seek out that
       | show, so I end up listening to far fewer episodes than
       | otherwise.)
       | 
       | To better understand why I'm commenting about this at all, read
       | <https://pointersgonewild.com/2019/11/02/they-might-never-
       | tel...>.
       | 
       | * this looks like a free episode in a for-pay series, so it seems
       | reasonable to assume that this applies here
       | 
       | PS: The project that is the focus of this presentation (swift-
       | parser) is not linked anywhere. The yowconference.com link for
       | "Unified Parsing and Printing with Prisms" is broken. The link
       | for the code sample on GitHub is also broken.
        
         | ChadNauseam wrote:
         | Wow, now that you mentioned it I won't be able to stop noticing
         | it. I wonder what a better approach is? Some Youtube videos
         | like 3blue1brown's content kind of have to be scripted, but
         | you'd ideally still like the presentation to sound natural.
         | Maybe they should have a script, rehearse it once, then do the
         | real take without the script?
        
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         | lukeredpath wrote:
         | There is a link to the library in the first sentence of the
         | transcript.
         | 
         | I know Pointfree do script their episodes but I can't say I've
         | ever noticed it in any detrimental way.
        
           | cxr wrote:
           | > There is a link to the library in the first sentence of the
           | transcript.
           | 
           | That wasn't the case before, just as it wasn't the case that
           | the broken-but-now-fixed links were fixed.
           | 
           | > I know Pointfree do script their episodes but I can't say
           | I've ever noticed it in any detrimental way.
           | 
           | Not really relevant to what I wrote.
        
       | Kimberlee wrote:
       | Making Mondays something to look forward to! I already can use
       | this library for a new project.
        
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