> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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?
Size. The quote you made would also be within the body of the message, not the message header itself. > 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. > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
