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Re:Lessons from Writing a Compiler by eatonphil on Thursday July 14, 2022 @08:21PM (#32103009)
> What could be easier than writing a grammar in EBNF-ish notation?

Not learning a new language/build system/coding paradigm. :)

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Re:Lessons from Writing a Compiler by kaba0 on Friday July 15, 2022 @04:31PM (#32112446)
ANTLR took me an afternoon, before I could use it for a simple language, including adding it to my build tool.
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