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Hey there, I wonder if this article I wrote about the same concept would make it more clear? It's on medium, but free :) https://pelligra-s.medium.com/parse-don
by Iazel 5y ago
Hey there, I wonder if this article I wrote about the same concept would make it more clear? It's on medium, but free :)
https://pelligra-s.medium.com/parse-dont-validate-in-kotlin-afbac505a04f https://pelligra-s.medium.com/parse-dont-validate-in-kotlin-...
I honestly think the two arguments are different though. We could say that Postel's Maxim is about "how much you should parse/validate", while the problem we are addressing is rather "how you should do it" :)
- jart 5y agoOh I see. You define parsing more in the yacc sense. Carry on. I've been working with char arrays too long.