"Parse, don't validate" through the years with C++
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bregma today at 10:47 AM
Author has used LLMs to generate Java code in C++. It detracts from his point.
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jsymolon today at 10:46 AM
First thought, assuming that birth year starts at 1900 is bad for a number of reasons; one of which, "process this list of authors and ..."
What about everyone born before 1900?
actionfromafar today at 11:49 AM
Disregarding the article for a second, has anyone else had the pattern that "parse don't validate" makes sense in object oriented style, but less sense in functional style programming? Like parsing and validating blurs into each other.
rienbdj today at 10:06 AM
C++ could use some do-notation