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yakshaving_jgt ◴[] No.45153163[source]
I've noticed that many programmers believe that parsing is some niche thing that the average programmer likely won't need to contend with, and that it's only applicable in a few specific low-level cases, in which you'll need to reach for a parser combinator library, etc.

But this is wrong. Programmers should be writing parsers all the time!

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1. eska ◴[] No.45153520[source]
I think most security issues are just due to people not parsing input at all/properly. Then security consultants give each one a new name as if it was something new. :-)