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		nly on Nov 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nginx security advisory (CVE-2013-4547) Call be a cynic, but isn't this why people should use parser generators instead of handrolling this stuff? I mean, would you want to audit this file? -> http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/browser/nginx/src/http/ngx_http_...

BobVerg on Nov 20, 2013 [–]

Parser generators? What's next? Java/C# instead of C?

taspeotis on Nov 20, 2013 | | [–]

http://pragprog.com/the-pragmatic-programmer/extracts/tips

    Write Code That Writes Code
    Code generators increase your productivity and help avoid duplication.

viraptor on Nov 20, 2013 | | | [–]

Next we'll use mix twice and partially evaluate a compiler generator ;)

csmuk on Nov 20, 2013 | | [–]

You've obviously never heard of yacc and lex then or bison?

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