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- Message-ID: <REXXLIST%92083116264959@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 13:21:52 PDT
- Sender: REXX Programming discussion list <REXXLIST@UGA.BITNET>
- From: Dave Gomberg <GOMBERG@UCSFVM.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: PARSE wishlist/brainstorming
- In-Reply-To: Message of Mon,
- 31 Aug 1992 14:03:12 GMT from <zjlc12@HOU.AMOCO.COM>
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- On Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:03:12 GMT Jerry Campbell said:
- >In article 92082711461997@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU, Dave Gomberg
- ><GOMBERG@UCSFVM.BITNET> () writes:
- >>Sorry, guys. I really don't see a problem that doesn't have a GOOD
- >>rexx solution NOW. Not every parsable situation has a one-line parse
- >>solution. But in 2-5 lines, yes, pretty much.
- >>
- >>WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE?
- >
- >The same type of problem the inception of the Parse statement solved.
-
- PARSE was trying to pull out the words in a sentence. Blank delimited words.
- It does this admirably. Do you have another problem to solve that you wish to
- propose? If so, what is it?
-
- The more discussion I see on this problem, the more convinced I become that
- the real problem is muddy thinking. Now if someone has a common, easily-
- solved, real-life PARSE problem, I would like to hear it. If not, can we
- move on to something else more productive, please? Dave
-