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I agree, it's just,
if the author's task is to thrash through some ordinary-named directories
maybe he doesn't need all this module-stuff.
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Re^4: I humbly ask for your help with parsing
by marinersk (Priest) on Oct 31, 2013 at 12:30 UTC
    Excellent point.

    So long as the OP also understands the potential risks, an informed decision can be made.

    I personally tend to over-engineer everything; I am convinced that I am the butt of the old joke about "sometimes you have to fire the engineer and ship the product".

    Sometimes the quick solution is sufficiently effective and, I begrudgingly admit, the better choice in far more circumstances than my instincts would have me believe.

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        LOL!!

        Okay, when lazy people converted the smiley face emoticon [ :-) ] into a smiling frog emoticon [ :) ] I felt a bit indignant, but reducing it to just the mouth portion of the smile [ ) ] is like a maximum efficiency emoticon.

        What's next? Just a zero? (Why bother with the shift key, that's inefficient?) ROFL LOL HaHaHa

        Thanks, the way this day has been going, I needed a good laugh. Even if it was provided unintentionally.

        :-)