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Context matters in your pasta scenario.

• erpellan 5y ago
  Context also matters in the date parsing scenario. 11/12/22 could be several different dates depending on the context.
  • xeromal 5y ago
    Yeah, and in this post, it's clear what it is.
    • ldh 5y ago
      It may not have happened to you yet, but someday you'll see a date somewhere other than this post.
      • xeromal 5y ago
        This honestly has me laughing.
• dllthomas 5y ago
  Since the text itself doesn't clarify, context is the only way of resolving any of the scenarios. In each case it's usually sufficient and often not all that hard. But it's always harder than if the system in use was made explicit, and I understand the complaint (even if my annoyance at the ambiguity is quite significantly below the level where I would have complained myself, particularly in this case).