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		capitol_ on Dec 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ruby 3.4.0 A very very long list of CVEs disagrees with that parsers are "not too difficult".

supriyo-biswas on Dec 25, 2024 | [–]

Binary format parsing != Programming language parsing.

Blackthorn on Dec 25, 2024 | | [–]

Binary formats are rarely context free.

PittleyDunkin on Dec 25, 2024 | [–]

Agreed, but there are different things being prioritized with each approach.

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