[jpgoldberg]

I'm hoping that parser generators get more usable. I completely concur that using parser-generators to create safe parsers that will accept all and only valid input is a way to eliminate a large class of bugs.

But getting developers to use parser generators has been a struggle because I'm finding it hard to give dev team tools they can use and integrate into their build systems. It also doesn't help that most developers have forgotten anything they learned about formal language theory, so it's hard to communicate the value of using parser generators.

But we are getting there. Slowly, but there is progress.