On: Ruby 3.4.0

[pests]

Agreed. Parser generators are a magic black box. Parsing is not too difficult, there is some actual computer science in some spots, but I think parsing should be a core complacency of a programming language to unlock full potential.

[capitol_ → pests]

A very very long list of CVEs disagrees with that parsers are "not too difficult".

[supriyo-biswas → capitol_]

Binary format parsing != Programming language parsing.

[Blackthorn → capitol_]

Binary formats are rarely context free.

[PittleyDunkin → capitol_]

Agreed, but there are different things being prioritized with each approach.