I got bored and wanted to make a parser of C expressions. this will probably become a compiler at some point. previously, I’ve made a calculator using shunting yard, but with an itch to perhaps make a compiler of some kind, I looked at pratt parsing.
you won’t find much information about pratt parsing in a conventional learning path of computer science. the dragon book, for all it talks about parsing, doesn’t mention it. as far as I’m aware, most programming language courses will probably teach either LR or recursive descent depending on how academic it is (mine taught recursive descent). pratt parsing specifically appears to be relegated mostly to compiler development and PLT circles. the most mainstream mention I know of it is in crafting interpreters; wikipedia also links a few other posts.
