diff --git a/docs/dev/syntax.md b/docs/dev/syntax.md index 4dd1de65927..33973ffecb6 100644 --- a/docs/dev/syntax.md +++ b/docs/dev/syntax.md @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The syntax tree consists of three layers: * AST Of these, only GreenNodes store the actual data, the other two layers are (non-trivial) views into green tree. -Red-green terminology comes from Roslyn ([link](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ie/archive/blogs/ericlippert/persistence-facades-and-roslyns-red-green-trees)) and gives the name to the `rowan` library. Green and syntax nodes are defined in rowan, ast is defined in rust-analyzer. +Red-green terminology comes from Roslyn ([link](https://ericlippert.com/2012/06/08/red-green-trees/)) and gives the name to the `rowan` library. Green and syntax nodes are defined in rowan, ast is defined in rust-analyzer. Syntax trees are a semi-transient data structure. In general, frontend does not keep syntax trees for all files in memory.