Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!usenet.ukfsn.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: question on java lang spec chapter 3.3 (unicode char lexing) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 00:15:33 +0000 (UTC) Organization: UK Free Software Network Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <0f28108e-6d35-43a1-a9df-b6c5636fb0ec@googlegroups.com> <50e4d730$0$288$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <50e60b8f$0$282$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.45.235.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: localhost.localdomain 1357344933 31057 84.45.235.129 (5 Jan 2013 00:15:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@localhost.localdomain NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 00:15:33 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:20959 On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:54:09 -0800, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > The only issue is likely a philosophical one in that I have *NEVER* > trusted code generators of any kind they either produce impossible to > follow/debug code or have all kinds of fluff in them (the classic > example in my mind [html which is not really a programming lang ;-)] is > Dreamweaver that produces 75 lines of HTML for "hello, world"). > Just saying. Try it. Look at the generated code. Use it or not. Your choice. If you've used Lex and YACC (or Flex and Bison) the learning curve is short. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |