Quotes about parser

A collection of quotes on the topic of parser.

Quotes about parser

Larry Wall photo

“There are probably better ways to do that, but it would make the parser more complex. I do, occasionally, struggle feebly against complexity…”

Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl

[7886@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990

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Rasmus Lerdorf photo

“I was really, really bad at writing parsers. I still am really bad at writing parsers.”

Rasmus Lerdorf (1968) Danish programmer and creator of PHP

Itconversations.com http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3298.html

Larry Wall photo

“I'm sure that that could be indented more readably, but I'm scared of the awk parser.”

Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl

[6849@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990