But don't forget that we don't have to limit ourselves to LALR or LL(k). Approaches like GLR allow the user to be happy as well as the tool writers. And again,

But don't forget that we don't have to limit ourselves to LALR or LL(k). Approaches like GLR allow the user to be happy as well as the tool writers. And again, don't forget, the tool writers have a harder time if they have to mangle their grammar to fit LALR, then write a bunch of hacks around it to get stuff to work. Working around an algorithm which can't express usable languages properly is a bit silly I think. It's better to improve the algorithm in the first place and keep everybody happy!!