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Re:What the heck is a parser-combinator? by coldtea on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @02:57AM (#14601471)
>One problem is dealing with features which language A supports and language B doesn't.

That's not a problem with parsers or parser-combinators though. That's a problem with converting from one DB to another.

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Re:What the heck is a parser-combinator? by yorwba on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @09:16AM (#14603458)
> That's a problem with converting from one DB to another.

The article is about converting JCL to PowerShell, so I'd say it's related.

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Re:What the heck is a parser-combinator? by coldtea on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @10:51AM (#14604260)
Kinda, that's the example the article uses, but the core is about the use of parser-combinators for the job (even the title is "What the heck is a parser-combinator?").
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