a></span><a class="link" href="quick_start.html#spirit.qi.tutorials.quick_start.why_would_you_want_to_use_spirit_qi_">Why
          would you want to use Spirit.Qi?</a>
        </h6>
<p>
          Spirit.Qi is designed to be a practical parsing tool. The ability to generate
          a fully-working parser from a formal EBNF specification inlined in C++
          significantly reduces development time. Programmers typically approach
          parsing using ad hoc hacks with primitive tools such as scanf. Ev