Parsing wiki markup using a state machine

Question

I would like to parse a simple grammar such as wiki markup using state machines. I have never written or played with one. I would like to lean how to implement a simple one. I am thinking of using Clojure for this. My question is can you point me to some good tutorials that are for complete newbies on this topic such as my self?

Answer 1

Take a look at fnparse. It is a Clojure library for functional parsing and contains a really good example of JSON parsing. Parser is another library that might be helpful also. Even if you don't wish to use them, they provide some great insights into parsing.