Re: Are compiler developers light-years ahead of other software development?

Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org>
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:50:07 +0000

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From: Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:50:07 +0000
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 22-01-059 22-01-083
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Keywords: C++, parse, question
Posted-Date: 22 Jan 2022 11:01:12 EST
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Kaz Kylheku wrote this about the C++ compiler:


> In other words, a major compiler for probably
> the programming language with the most
> complicated syntax ever, eschews pretty much
> all that we have learned and accumulated about
> parsing between around 1968 and now.


Yikes!


They ignored the rich theory and vast set of algorithms, in favor of their own
proprietary code? Why would the C++ compiler developers do such a thing?


/Roger
[My guess is that they were too busy chopping down trees to sharpen their axes. -John]


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