Re^3: This isn't a job offer.

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I once saw 14MB of Java libraries and code to parse some text files. The same job could have been done in Perl, Sed or Awk in less than a thousand lines. Every job is a nail when all you have a a hammer.

Neil Watson
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Re^4: This isn't a job offer. by spurperl (Priest) on Apr 05, 2007 at 16:09 UTC
I wonder who were the programmers. You can reimplement Perl 10 times over in 14 MB of Java code...	[reply]

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