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		dozzie on June 2, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: “Statements and State”, the next chapter ... "Recursive descent" is an ancient African expression meaning "I can't write grammars".

seanmcdirmid on June 2, 2017 [–]

Most production compilers still depend on recursive descent because (a) it isn't that much harder compared to the generative approach, and (b) it is the best way to work in real error recovery or to support IDE services.

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