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Because the rules for parsing it would be more complex. That would be an exercise for the student: How would you describe the rules? Then the teacher would show
by spion 9y ago
Because the rules for parsing it would be more complex. That would be an exercise for the student: How would you describe the rules? Then the teacher would show them all these edge cases they haven't considered, taken from real programs so that they don't complain its a contrived example.
- stephengillie 9y ago> Because the rules for parsing it would be more complex. The rules for parsing this are already so complex that many humans don't grok them; only computers do.