From: costello@mitre.org   
      
   Kaz Kylheku wrote this about the C++ compiler:   
      
   > In other words, a major compiler for probably   
   > the programming language with the most   
   > complicated syntax ever, eschews pretty much   
   > all that we have learned and accumulated about   
   > parsing between around 1968 and now.   
      
   Yikes!   
      
   They ignored the rich theory and vast set of algorithms, in favor of their own   
   proprietary code? Why would the C++ compiler developers do such a thing?   
      
   /Roger   
   [My guess is that they were too busy chopping down trees to sharpen their   
   axes. -John]   
      
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