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Re:Yacc is dead by amichail on Sunday November 28, 2010 @03:21PM (#1948162)
Why was it rejected by ESOP?
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Re:Yacc is dead by stupidsignup on Sunday November 28, 2010 @05:26PM (#1948532)
Well, if you want to know what ESOP rejection reviews look like: http://phlegmaticprogrammer.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/reviews...

and the response to these reviews here: http://phlegmaticprogrammer.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/respons...

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Re:Yacc is dead by fizx on Sunday November 28, 2010 @04:26PM (#1948356)
Possibly because they hand-waved away a lot of formal specification of their solution. For example, there was no attempt to analyze the complexity of the generated rules trees.
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