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		crb002 on May 7, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A list of command line tools for manipulating stru... Definitely. Most software vulnerabilities are from failure to write formal parsers on on all inputs. Is there a command line YACC for compiling simple stuff?

nly on May 7, 2016 | [–]

Many inputs don't have well-specified grammars.

ktRolster on May 7, 2016 | [–]

"Most software vulnerabilities are from failure to write formal parsers on on all inputs."

That's a good quote

lsh on May 7, 2016 | [–]

This might also interest you? http://langsec.org/

ktRolster on May 8, 2016 | | [–]

thanks. Have you attended the conference?

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