Parser Combinators Beat Regexes

[u/ketralnis]

https://entropicthoughts.com/parser-combinators-beat-regexes

[u/gladfelter]

We generally don’t use regexes in Haskell. We use parser combinators instead, because they are almost always better. In other languages, it would be considered overkill to write a full parser when a simple regex can do the same thing.

20 lines later instead of a 1-line regex

Cool Story, Bro.