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> Guido, having clearly avoided any relevant literature […] unobservant of prior work Same thing can be observed for his blog opinions on parsing. Sadly, this
by bmn__ 4y ago
> Guido, having clearly avoided any relevant literature […] unobservant of prior work
Same thing can be observed for his blog opinions on parsing. Sadly, this gives rise to a whole generation of programmers who believe (on account of perceiving him as an authority) that Peg are actually good.
- zqlark 4y agoAgreed. Unintentional ambiguities are a problem of PEG parsers. Ironically, the old Python parser also failed to detect ambiguities. There is a strong aversion in the Python space for unambiguous formalisms. A parser that resolves ambiguities by earliest match first seems to satisfy the dynamic mindset.
- rmckayfleming 4y agoI've been interested in PEGs recently. Do you happen to know of any literature on what's bad about them?