I started exploring Parsatron - I really like the idea of building big parsers by composing small parsers.
Looking at Gloss's api - it does not appear to help build bigger parsers by composing smaller ones. Did I understand it right? Regards, Kashyap On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:09:59 AM UTC+5:30, Cedric Greevey wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 4:13 PM, danneu <danr...@gmail.com > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> ztellman's Gloss is magic to me. >> >> - Here's an example of my first attempt to use Gloss to parse the Bitcoin >> protocol: https://gist.github.com/danneu/7397350 -- In 2-chan.clj, it >> demonstrates using ztellman's Aleph to send Bitcoin's verack handshake to a >> node and ask it for blocks. >> > > I assume we don't want to know what's in 4-chan.clj. ;) > > >> - Bitcoin protocol specs are described here: >> https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_specification >> - The hardest part of the protocol was >> https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_specification#Variable_length_integer, >> but Gloss makes it easy. >> - The latest version of my code is here ( >> https://github.com/danneu/chaingun/blob/master/src/chaingun/codec2.clj) >> but it became coupled to my Datomic entities, so it's perhaps more >> confusing. >> >> I wasn't able to find any easy to follow real-world examples back when I >> was checking it out, so hopefully that helps someone. >> >> The amount of time Gloss has saved me is dumbfounding. >> > > What's the Bitcoin code good for though? A Clojure-based miner will be > stomped into the dust by the HW-accelerated mining machines that exist > nowadays. Or is this for managing a wallet and making transactions? > > -- -- 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/groups/opt_out.
