Re: regexless parsing, again?

Having done this stuff for a long time, (all the way back to fwtk! ;-);

I do speak "slam!"; let me translate for you:

>> That'd the the "hardware turbo-charged lipstick on a
>> pig" option.

That translates to:

"The application of more or faster hardware to a sub-standard  
solution does not make that solution now magically 'good'."

With great respect to Marcus, I will say that I have had to go  
forward with lipstick ridden porcine to "complete the meal".  I have  
provided decent ribs, baked beans (lotso bacon fat!) and a  
commemorative belt for the occasion.  When something better comes  
along, I'll serve it -unless it's made of caviar and wrapped in gold  
leaf - then it will be BBQ time again!

I have told a few people "I can't make a silk purse out of a sow's  
ear - but I can make a damn nice wallet!"  Which translates to "with  
what you're giving me, I can't give you what you want - but I can  
make you something that will serve the same purpose".


Bill Burge
[email protected]



On Sep 19, 2007, at 9:58 AM, E G wrote:

> Being a nobody in this sector, I personally like
> getting different points of views and hearing about
> these new methods and ideas for doing things.
>
> A post like this really just mute the conversation.
> These "I know better then you" posts have basically
> killed this interesting thread without adding anything
> to it...
>
> Isn't this list moderated?
>
>
> - Erik "the nobody"
>
>
> --- "Marcus J. Ranum" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>>> There have been some amazing advances in hardware
>> to do PCRE.
>>
>>
>> That'd the the "hardware turbo-charged lipstick on a
>> pig" option.
>>
>> mjr.
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