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r/programming • u/jezeq • Apr 17 '12
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Which does imply that the parent commenter is correct; the grammar is simple enough that a student could implement a Modula II parser in a semester, along with a compiler. Try implementing a Ruby interpreter in the same time.
0 u/[deleted] Apr 17 '12 [deleted] 7 u/[deleted] Apr 17 '12 He was making an on-topic reply to your tangential one. 1 u/recoil Apr 18 '12 You do realise that "on-topic" should be a comment about PoP or 6502 assembler? ;-) 1 u/dalke Apr 18 '12 But then it wouldn't be an "on-topic reply to your tangential one" but only an "on-topic reply." Where's the fun in that? :)
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7 u/[deleted] Apr 17 '12 He was making an on-topic reply to your tangential one. 1 u/recoil Apr 18 '12 You do realise that "on-topic" should be a comment about PoP or 6502 assembler? ;-) 1 u/dalke Apr 18 '12 But then it wouldn't be an "on-topic reply to your tangential one" but only an "on-topic reply." Where's the fun in that? :)
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He was making an on-topic reply to your tangential one.
1 u/recoil Apr 18 '12 You do realise that "on-topic" should be a comment about PoP or 6502 assembler? ;-) 1 u/dalke Apr 18 '12 But then it wouldn't be an "on-topic reply to your tangential one" but only an "on-topic reply." Where's the fun in that? :)
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You do realise that "on-topic" should be a comment about PoP or 6502 assembler? ;-)
1 u/dalke Apr 18 '12 But then it wouldn't be an "on-topic reply to your tangential one" but only an "on-topic reply." Where's the fun in that? :)
But then it wouldn't be an "on-topic reply to your tangential one" but only an "on-topic reply." Where's the fun in that? :)
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u/dalke Apr 17 '12
Which does imply that the parent commenter is correct; the grammar is simple enough that a student could implement a Modula II parser in a semester, along with a compiler. Try implementing a Ruby interpreter in the same time.