Consider this scenario:

You have a contract to build a 121 story office tower. You've had problems excavating deep enough to put in the foundation. It's been a messy job but you've gotten close.

Now, you've started pouring footings and foundation... and in fact, have managed to get the steel up for the first few stories above ground.

That's your code to date.

But today, your consultant -- the engineer -- notices that the walls are off plumb -- are tilting, out of whack. They ascertain that your footings and foundation are NOT on bedrock.

Do you charge onward, to see how many stories up you can go before the whole enterprise crashes?

Unless this is a one-off project, it's going to cost less to tear down what you've done, and get the footings right before continuing.

In reply to Re^3: regexp over multiple lines by ww
in thread regexp over multiple lines by liverpaul

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