Grammar/own-written parser?

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Published on 2010-04-24T14:58:19Z Indexed on 2010/04/24 15:03 UTC
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Hello all,

I'm doing some small projects which involve having different syntaxis for something, however sometimes these syntaxis are so easy that using a parser generator might be overkill.

Now, when should I use a own-made parser, and when should I use a parser generator?

Thanks,

William van Doorn

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