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(2007) should be added to the submission title.

• mahmud 16y ago
  Compiler theory operates at mathematical time-frames, not Web 2.0's. Best compiler texts were written before 1985 :-)
  • staunch 16y ago
    It's just a custom here as I'm sure you know.
    • silentbicycle 16y ago
      So is "posting the obligatory xkcd comic". So is posting "[citation needed]" or reminding people that "correlation does not imply causation" like a goddamned robot. That doesn't mean you have to do it.
      • blasdel 16y ago
        But with pg making comments that are just a link to the readability bookmarklet, I think this battle might be lost.
  • Goladus 16y ago
    Right, but Yegge's 2007 audience is likely a big pile of programmers coding in Java, C++, and Perl who have never even heard of Backus Naur Form.