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Re:Dumbdown – A Tree Language that compiles to HTML by hyperpallium on Monday September 02, 2019 @02:58AM (#20857250)
RE the thread at https://lobste.rs/s/solbtw/this_is_dumbdown_alternative_mark... could you just write a parser (in Tree Notation) that that converts a language in Tree Notation into BNF?

e.g. to produce BNF of dumbdown

Also, to parse BNF and produce a (bare bones) version in Tree Notation.

This would make it more accessible while also demostrating its power.

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Re:Dumbdown – A Tree Language that compiles to HTML by breck on Monday September 02, 2019 @11:09AM (#20859523)
That's a really good idea!

If you give it a shot, I'd be happy to add any features or fix any bugs that you come across in the Grammar language. I'd also be happy to do a screenshare to explain any questions you might have about Grammar before you get started (since the UX is still pretty bad--I apologize. Slowly getting there!).

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Re:Dumbdown – A Tree Language that compiles to HTML by hyperpallium on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @11:04AM (#20867159)
It was a challenge to you. Though thinking it over, it's grammar transformation, not the parsing that Tree Notation is for.
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