From lojban+bncCIycn8S8DhCNtoLpBBoEFXVrtQ@googlegroups.com Sun Jan 02 07:34:53 2011 Received: from mail-qw0-f61.google.com ([209.85.216.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PZPxI-0002ff-Bh; Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:34:53 -0800 Received: by qwd6 with SMTP id 6sf41318234qwd.16 for ; Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:34:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:received:mime-version:received:received :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=xhoCqk1UGexDZyYpb4q4MiBhsZlJi6CVkMH7Z+dlWag=; b=ggfaON7uMpbANdXCxUAQhOD2EqD0fuZiB8/DNf8Ycb1AIhVAEGq9uIvpe5W9iLGfFM 1mTYKiLZKPDMm0zj1G0gm0+Ek+JPXEsAKc57kshqMPHbNnLmUXCpT1O4bLoLCwLDxkxj 9A2no9paCOvdhD4jwdvIjMta/LKSN5+VH/Nxk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; 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Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:34:36 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.174 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.216.174; Received: by mail-qy0-f174.google.com with SMTP id 19so15181447qyj.19 for ; Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:34:36 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.86.149 with SMTP id s21mr17237920qcl.23.1293982475853; Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:34:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.213.204 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Jan 2011 07:34:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110102123354.GG17534@digitalkingdom.org> References: <20110101032935.GW22808@digitalkingdom.org> <20110102061506.GE17534@digitalkingdom.org> <20110102123354.GG17534@digitalkingdom.org> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 10:34:35 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Merry Effing Christmas, Lojbanistan From: Michael Turniansky To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: mturniansky@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.174 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=mturniansky@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 02:04:45AM -0500, Michael Turniansky wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Robin Lee Powell >> wrote: >> > On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 01:02:19AM -0500, Michael Turniansky wrote: >> >> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Robin Lee Powell >> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > I just finished babysitting a script to copy index entries from >> >> > the old word doc version of the CLL to the new docbook version >> >> > that will eventually become our new print version. >> >> > >> >> > To save people having to manually create about 5100 index >> >> > entries, I spent 20+ hours figuring out how to fuzilly match two >> >> > documents with totally different markup, and massaging one >> >> > document to match the other. >> >> > >> >> > That's my Christmas present for y'all. >> >> > >> >> > Be impressed. >> >> > >> >> > -Robin >> >> > >> >> >> >> I suppose I could have twitted you by saying "well, you could have >> >> figured it out in an hour and a half if you used MUMPS", >> > >> > Assuming we're talking about >> > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUMPS_%28software%29 >> >> =A0 Nah, I'm talking about my usual meaning, http://en.wikipedia.org/wik= i/MUMPS >> =A0 Just because I can... > > If you honestly think you could have done this in an hour and a half > in MUMPS, I would be very happy to send you the source files I > started with, and if you can actually do it, to use you for any and > all text manipulation I have to do in the future. =A0I could probably > manage decently generous contracting rates. > > If this was just humour, that's fine too. =A0:) > > -Robin Well, obviously, to make a brash statement like that without having actually SEEN the files involved is just blowing smoke. But MUMPS' string handling capabilities are extremely powerful, since they are its only data type. 90 minutes was almost certainly an exaggeration, but I wouldn't be surprised if it took me significantly less time than it did you. On the other hand, it wasn't humour, but it might have been humor, since I am a REAL American :-) --gejyspa --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegrou= ps.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= ?hl=3Den.