Search Results: TextProcessing

Regular expressions are powerful, but they often fall short when parsing complex, structured text. Enter structural regular expressions, a concept pioneered by Rob Pike that composes regex pipelines to elegantly dissect and transform data. In this deep dive, we explore their mechanics, a modern Rust implementation, and why developers might want to add this tool to their arsenal.

Tired of Ruby dependencies and slow conversions, a developer crafts 'asciidocr'—a native Rust AsciiDoc parser. This deep dive reveals how hand-rolled scanning, abstract syntax graphs, and battle-tested design choices enable lightning-fast document processing while paving the way for novel outputs like native DOCX generation.