Hey! I love parser combinators and wish they were more mainstream. That's why I wrote Tarsec, which is Parsec for TypeScript: https://github.com/egonSchiele/tarsec

I have a short and a long intro, both illustrated: https://github.com/egonSchiele/tarsec/blob/main/tutorials/5-... and https://github.com/egonSchiele/tarsec/blob/main/tutorials/th...

It also has a neat debug mode, and a way to benchmark performance. I've loved using it, hopefully someone reading will use it too! Use this as a chance to learn something cool (parser combinators)!

These are great.

I accidentally invented parser combinators for a project once. I was quite fond of the approach but it ended up being pretty nearly unusable for anyone else on the team. This was problematic because the project was such that we were always adding new things to be parsed. The whole reason I took the approach was that I wanted people to be able to freely add parsers as new requirements came in.

It being my first shot at it, it was for sure not as usable as it could be. But looking at your stuff, which is delightful, I am filled with doubt that my goal was even possible. Your stuff looks about as clean as possible, and yet seems likely to be almost as impenetrable to someone not versed in parsing.

That said, I am gonna look for a chance to use this in appropriate side projects.

Love the intro articles you wrote!