[Libre-soc-bugs] [Bug 916] re-evaluate rewriting pseudo-code parser as part of making it ingest latex and generate c/python

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https://bugs.libre-soc.org/show_bug.cgi?id=916

Jacob Lifshay <programmerjake at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Jacob Lifshay <programmerjake at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton from comment #1)
> no.
> 
> extract the pseudocode from latex into the exact same format.
> 
> i will not be wasting NLnet grant money on unnecessary work.

it is not a waste because the current parser is insufficient, even assuming we
wrote code to convert latex to the current format (which would basically be
another compiler and nearly as hard as just rewriting the parser to accept
latex to begin with).
> 
> if they spot frivolous waste of money they may reject the
> grant.

it is not frivolous nor a waste.

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