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Re: Java for CGI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Smyth)
Fri Sep 1 20:22:20 1995
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 95 14:43:35 PDT
From: dsmyth@mpfcmd1.jpl.nasa.gov (David Smyth)
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
On Fri, 1 Sep 95 12:30 WET DST, Glen.Perkins@NativeGuide.com wrote:
> ... If I'm going to switch to using Java for CGI, Java is going to have to
> make parsing as easy as Perl does, or almost as easy. (An object-oriented
> language like Java will always require a few extra lines of "overhead"
> code, but that's not a problem. I can always start with a little template.)
> ...
Actually, I find that using an object-oriented language for parsing is a real
big win. All your productions end up bing objects, or methods on objects.
It's the only reasonable use for C++, IMHO.
> REQUEST: let's have a Unicode-savvy regular expression standard class
Yes, yes, yes!
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