I do think he meant pass. (And thank you to Paul for the help, because I think you need a certain kind of accent to catch that one). There is a subsequent reference to stuff being "parsed around" and the rest of the document does indicate a phonetic speller. It's livly and good reading but did need an editing.
On 9/4/07, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Vivec wrote: > > It means operate on..translate. > > The interpreter Parses a command...code is parsed by a compiler. it's > > broken down...err..translated. > > Compilers do not parse. Compilers compile parsed code. Parsers parse. > It's kind of a nitpicky distinction, since most modern compilers have > a built-in parser, but still. > > To parse is not to translate, nor is it a generic "operate on". It > specifically means to apply a formal grammar to "tokenized" language. > > So you can parse English or XML, but to parse an object doesn't make > much sense. > > --Ben "paid too much attention in CS class" Doom > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241948 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
