Composable Parsing: Zip
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While `flatMap` allowed us to take our parser type to the next level, it introduced a nesting problem. Isn't `flatMap` all about solving nesting problems!? Well, we have one more operation at our disposal: `zip`! Let's define `zip` on the parser type, see what it brings to the table, and finally ask, "what's the point?"