In <584b9998-992d-4fab-9b21-268ad144d...@yahoo.com>, on 08/28/2012
at 11:56 AM, Scott Ford <scott_j_f...@yahoo.com> said:
>Parsing for me is not an issue. I understand it's not 'NIX' like,
>but if you understand the language you craft your programs or
>scripts to perform what you want.
When I have a screwdriver in my tool box I'm not going to make do with
a hammer when I need to put in a screw. I use REXX when it's more
suitable and I use Perl when *it's* more suitable, and parsing is one
of the factors in evaluating that choice.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
Atid/2 <http://patriot.net/~shmuel>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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