Re: Elegant code Was: Re: what kind of non microconroller app are

On 21 Apr, 14:04, Jonah Thomas <jethom...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Gerry <ge...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Jonah Thomas <jethom...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > Gerry <ge...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > > I've emailed you a copy. I'd appreciate it if you let me know how
> > > > you got on with it or if the email doesn't reach you
>
> > > It arrived intact. I've spent half an hour looking at it, I can
> > > follow in general what it's doing. It looks more complicated than I
> > > expected. I probably haven't noticed all the subtle problems that
> > > need to be solved.
>
> > Yes it's more complicated than it need be to solve that particular
> > problem but this converter was a by-product from finding a general
> > solution to the problem of using my LexGen tool with the Gray parser
> > generator. It was a simple example that was a proof of concept and
> > just happens to be useful. I found that using Gray is rather
> > complicated, the BNF to Gray converter makes it somewhat simpler. Does
> > the internal complexity matter if it works and is easy to use?
>
> First off, I think that anything that works is better than anything that
> doesn't work. And I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, I sure
> don't want to complain about your work.
>

Don't worry I hadn't taken umbrage. I was simply trying to explain why
I had taken what might seem to be a heavyweight approach.

Gerry