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kiitos
11 days ago
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I read all of Cloudflare's Claude-generated commit...
Huh? Is ABNF a "natural language"? Is the Go language spec a "natural language"?
auggierose
11 days ago
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How is ABNF itself specified? Yes, via natural language. And the Go language spec is written in natural language, too, you can check for yourself:
https://go.dev/ref/spec
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kiitos
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ABNF itself is specified with a well-defined grammar and syntax...
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auggierose
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Yes, but the spec is still done in natural language:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5234
Just like any other RFC.
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