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reddit_cloneyesterday at 9:47 PM1 replyview on HN

I noticed that too. Unless you _ask_ for a script, they throw away the scripts they write.

They are particularly bad at complex multiline parsing. Writing all sorts of weird/crude python/awk scripts and getting confused in the process.

I wish they would use Perl6/Grammer or Haskell/Parsec or similar and write better parsing scripts.


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quinnjhtoday at 12:06 PM

For the non haskell folks like myself, what would that look like/ why is parsing better? Perl i get