On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 07:59:12PM -0500, The Fool wrote:

> This is a perfect example of what my instructors describe happens when
> people make quick-fix, kludgey, code.  It never dies.  It comes back
> and bites you in the ass.  It gets used for twenty years.  I can come
> up with a better parser, in about a minute without using a YACC.

How would your parser deal with the message I posted a while ago in
response to Nick, where I quoted the entire message, including delimiter
and header?

The real problem isn't the parser, anyway, but the lack of a clearly
defined standard. As a result, over the years many programs made
different assumptions which resulted in the current mess.


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"Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>       http://www.erikreuter.net/
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