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Re:Parser Combinators Beat Regexes by kqr on Thursday April 10, 2025 @02:04AM (#43641113)
I think GP was sarcastic. We have these great technologies available but people end up using duct tape and hope anyway.
Re:Parser Combinators Beat Regexes by DadBase on Thursday April 10, 2025 @10:09AM (#43643935)
Exactly. At some point every parser combinator turns into a three-line awk script that runs perfectly as long as the moon is waning and the file isn’t saved from Excel for Mac.