tree-sitter is wonderful, but it struggles if you try to parse its own output files.
In fairness, parsing a multi-megabyte C file is hard. The C# parser has a parser.c file totalling 18MiB!
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Today I learnt that Scheme (1975) is actually older than Common Lisp (1984)! I'd assumed that Scheme designs were a response to CL.
Many of the CL features were created earlier, in fairness. CL was standardising the feature set.
Deep dive into netcode in the Apex Legends shooter, respecting fairness between players with different latencies, and choosing server tickrates:
"There's no fairness in love, war and language benchmarks."