Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Christopher F Clark Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: counted strings Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:23:13 +0300 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 14 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <22-06-034@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="43290"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: practice, lex Posted-Date: 11 Jun 2022 09:58:11 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:3066 I'm sorry for bringing more heat than light to this group. Counted strings are important for protocols. Not everything we write a lexer for is human written. Counted strings are a good way of transmitting binary data. This is just one way computers are different than humans.... -- ****************************************************************************** Chris Clark email: christopher.f.clark@compiler-resources.com Compiler Resources, Inc. Web Site: http://world.std.com/~compres 23 Bailey Rd voice: (508) 435-5016 Berlin, MA 01503 USA twitter: @intel_chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------