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> I’ve never actually seen one “in the wild,”

The original C++ compiler was (after horrible experiences with YACC, or similar) writen mostly as a recursive descent compiler.

https://www.stroustrup.com/dne.html



I used a poor choice of words. I should have said "I have never needed to write one in the wild."




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