On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 08:09:50AM -0700, Timothy Swenson wrote:
> On May 31, 11:31am, Richard Zidlicky wrote:
> > Subject: Re: [ql-users] sb2htm
> > On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 10:09:48PM +0100, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
>
> > > I'm not an assembly writer ... although I will try Perl, some day, when
> > > I get the time :-(
> >
> > try assembler - it is easier, readable, maintainable and faster.
> >
> > Richard
>
> Assembler easier than Perl? Boy do I have to disagree with you on that one.
> A few lines of Perl can do more than a hundred lines of Assembly, esp. using
> regular expressions.
I agree about the few lines, but the regular expressions are less
readable than eg APL code - and I am sure APL is even shorter :)
> I do hope your tongue was firmly planted in your cheek
> when you wrote that.
it is still there - enjoyed a blueberry ice cream in the meantime.
Bye
Richard
