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"If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious."
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"Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity."
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"Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be."
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