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On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 06:04:38PM -0600, Luke Palmer wrote: : So, how does this relate to the discussion at hand? Well, maybe : parsers are implemented policy-wise. Sure--that's part of why we're treating Grammars as Classes that (to some extent) can be compiled before use. Though perhaps it's a fundamental mistake to let the class choose the exact type over which it operates, since that precludes generic code. : I hope this whet somebody's appetite for abstract thinking. Patterns : are just too powerful for text. Well, that depends on how one defines "text", but by your definition, I agree. Though the danger of treating patterns as too powerful for just text is that we run the risk of making patterns too powerful for text. However lofty we aspire to get, we gotta keep our feet on the ground. LarryThread Previous | Thread Next