Path: csiph.com!tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net!1.us.feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Roger L Costello Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Are compiler developers light-years ahead of other software development? Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:50:07 +0000 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 16 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <22-01-090@comp.compilers> References: <22-01-059@comp.compilers> <22-01-083@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="60870"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: C++, parse, question Posted-Date: 22 Jan 2022 11:01:12 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2856 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]