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> It is straightforward to write a fast parser generator for languages that require just one character of lookahead...

Then you get VHDL.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15017974

You need (at least an approximation to) the symbol table for correct lexing.

Or Postgres/MariaDB's SQL with the the DELIMITER statement that can change semicolon to something else.




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