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Should I use a parser generator or should I roll my own custom lexer and parser code?

What specific advantages and disadvantages of each way to working on a programming language grammar? Why/When should I roll my own? Why/When should I use a generator?
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How to support mixed grammars?

I am currently writing a grammar for a programming language (PowerBuilder) and I am also collecting documentation about parsing and compilers creation. Now I would like to add in my grammar (that ...