> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3577641/how-do-you-parse...
It says "can make regex fail when not properly written" etc.
There are different circumstances where using a premade parsing library versus using raw regular expressions are going to make sense.
The answer is not binary.
> regular expressions is a waste of time when the aforementioned libraries already exist and do a much better job on this.
as this:
> it’s only not recommmended because people don’t know how to use it