From: ng2010@att.invalid   
      
   What elements of C++ make it so hard to parse? Is it a weakness of   
   compiler designs rather than a weakness of the language design? I've read   
   somewhere that the language requires potentially infinite look ahead.   
   Why? And how do compilers handle it?   
   [It's ambiguous syntax.  Others can doubtless fill in the details. -John]   
      
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