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Book Description

Gain an accelerated introduction to domain-specific languages in R, including coverage of regular expressions. This compact, in-depth book shows you how DSLs are programming languages specialized for a particular purpose, as opposed to general purpose programming languages. Along the way, you’ll learn to specify tasks you want to do in a precise way and achieve programming goals within a domain-specific context. 

Domain-Specific Languages in R includes examples of DSLs including large data sets or matrix multiplication; pattern matching DSLs for application in computer vision; and DSLs for continuous time Markov chains and their applications in data science. After reading and using this book, you’ll understand how to write DSLs in R and have skills you can extrapolate to other programming languages.

What You'll Learn

  • Program with domain-specific languages using R
  • Discover the components of DSLs
  • Carry out large matrix expressions and multiplications 
  • Implement metaprogramming with DSLs
  • Parse and manipulate expressions 

Who This Book Is For

Those with prior programming experience. R knowledge is helpful but not required.  



Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Frontmatter
  3. 1. Introduction
  4. 2. Matrix Expressions
  5. 3. Components of a Programming Language
  6. 4. Functions, Classes, and Operators
  7. 5. Parsing and Manipulating Expressions
  8. 6. Lambda Expressions
  9. 7. Environments and Expressions
  10. 8. Tidy Evaluation
  11. 9. List Comprehension
  12. 10. Continuous-Time Markov Chains
  13. 11. Pattern Matching
  14. 12. Dynamic Programming
  15. 13. Conclusion
  16. Backmatter
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