Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity. (Graham Nelson)

Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity.

Graham Nelson

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