In article <20030123205720.GA1492@lapdance.gunslinger.net>, Jeremy Nixon <jeremy@exit109.com> wrote: >The problem with trn is that the code is so antiquated and ugly that it's >not easy to hack things into. It's missing a lot of stuff I'd like to It's actually used as the example for Spencer's and Collyer's paper "#ifdefs Considered Harmful". I think that says quite a bit there. Fortunately, most programmers learn and get better. Sometimes their early mistakes stay around for a LONG time, though. Whether perl is an improvement is a matter of debate. ;-> mrc -- Mike Castle dalgoda@ix.netcom.com www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen fatal ("You are in a maze of twisty compiler features, all different"); -- gcc ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com
