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Re:Parsing: a timeline by mncharity on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @08:08PM (#16863497)
> PEG aficionados basically believe that PEG is the magical solution to parsing problems

Which can make for fun conversations...

PEG aficionado: [magical solution]

person2: [grammar limitations]

PEG aficionado: Yes, PEGs don't support legacy languages. [emphasis theirs]

person3: By legacy, you mean most all existing programming languages?

PEG aficionado: Yes. [straight face]

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