>Big O

Yup, I get that, that's why the system will spit out "hello world" in like 0.03 seconds, but take 0.22 to produce the 400 line output for the forum sections page for instance. More data = more computing = slower result.

>Efficient tokenizer with a finite state machine.

So I have to treat it almost like a de-compression algorithm? Take the input letter by letter and inflate it up into something which can then be stored and processed quickly... I think I can see how that works.


  <use><qd>action</></>

  becomes something like;

  [TOKEN name="use"]
  [TOKEN name="qd"]
  [TOKEN value="action"]
  [ENDT]
  [ENDT]

then process line by line? I can feel a stack is going to be needed. I
+ think I need to have a play with getting results from the expected t
+oken format (written by hand) so I can be sure how the system will wo
+rk post-tokenisation. (then write the tokeniser)

[download]
>beloved to other hackers

I'm not the sort of person who craves or needs adoration or respect of peers. I'm actually quite a reserved and quiet person that tends to try and blend in where possible, (believe it or not) so I won't be worrying about that very much... besides, this system isn't for high level hackers, it's for dummies like me to make work/life easier, and measured by that standard it works very well!

In reply to Re^2: snakes and ladders by Logicus
in thread snakes and ladders by Logicus

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