The Grammar of Data: Define Once, Run Anywhere with Cross-Engine Expressions

Grammars for languages or any other field are a beautiful thing. They compress complex systems into a language with a couple of rules. For the spoken language example, we know when to capitalize a letter or how to start a sentence. There are clear rules. Grammars also help us remember, as we do not need to recall every little rule, but apply them in a structured way. For text editing, we have Vim motions that help us navigate a text document with 1000s of shortcuts, but because there is a…