tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14034177.post115527076445070559..comments2023-08-13T22:09:52.445-07:00Comments on Another Day In The Code Mines: Now they have two problems...Mark Besseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091448340989293403noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14034177.post-60593978626967791372012-10-25T13:51:10.179-07:002012-10-25T13:51:10.179-07:00"singletons should almost never be used"..."singletons should almost never be used"<br />-> where almost never == once, correct?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14034177.post-31200667053242015062012-03-03T03:42:08.571-08:002012-03-03T03:42:08.571-08:00I disagree with the order: singletons should almos...I disagree with the order: singletons should almost never be used, and XML is often better replaced with a human readable alternative (json, etc), even if it can be useful for serialization.<br /><br />Threads and regexes, however, are more often useful even if they can of course be misused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14034177.post-32987758606840711812011-09-07T08:39:12.996-07:002011-09-07T08:39:12.996-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.bondage sexhttp://www.extremebondagesex.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14034177.post-1158303789030272672006-09-15T00:03:00.000-07:002006-09-15T00:03:00.000-07:00Is they use Threads, they can get as many problems...Is they use Threads, they can get as many problems as they want, limited by the number of cpu cores at a time :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14034177.post-1157514588171349372006-09-05T20:49:00.000-07:002006-09-05T20:49:00.000-07:00I find it amusing that both of the quotes by Jamie...I find it amusing that both of the quotes by Jamie Zawinski and Erik Naggum are taken out of anti-Perl rants. The regex comment should probably be interpreted as s/regex/Perl/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14034177.post-1155583199837877692006-08-14T12:19:00.000-07:002006-08-14T12:19:00.000-07:00I don't tend to fear using XML, although for small...I don't tend to fear using XML, although for small amounts of data (for "internal" projects, if you will) any structured text format that is actually agreed-upon and documented will work fine. I have encountered the "use-XML-since-it-will-solve-all-our-problems" approach that fits this template. People don't seem to remember that while XML solves several problems, it's not a panacea ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14034177.post-1155404977392710532006-08-12T10:49:00.000-07:002006-08-12T10:49:00.000-07:00Zawinsky is also the source of one of my favorite ...Zawinsky is also the source of one of my favorite comments, that all software tends to expand until it can read mail.<BR/><BR/>His comment is also similar to the old joke, "First prize is two tickets to [bad show or lousy sports team here]. Second prize is <I>four</I> tickets."<BR/><BR/>I guess I have no fear of using regular expressions to do ad-hoc data parsing, since it strikes me as being simpler than using an actual parser generator (which have always seemed opaque and difficult to use to me, although I haven't looked at any recent ones). Of course, the data I'm usually parsing is itself pretty ad-hoc, so it's a match made in... somewhere.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to your articles on the other subjects. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com