stef wrote:

/ ...

> > For such a person, understanding a bit-flip is far below the priority of
> > understanding encapsulation and top-down design.
> >
> >
>  paul i think u'r correct in the sense that u can be a great driver w/ out
>  understanding all the ins and outs of the engine, etc. in italy, they
>  still have driving students learn all about the engine, how it works,
>  etc.; as opposed to teaching them how to drive right away and leave the
>  mechanical part for the mechanically inclined. sure it's great to know
>  more; and i do want to know more but i also have to be productive and
>  efficient--which will then afford me the time to learn more, etc.  if i
>  get bogged down in the mechanical details before ever having a chance to
>  be productive, that we be a problem. i say this w/ out really kowing what
>  i am getting into or the complete relevance of it but u get my
>  meaning.....

Sure, I get your meaning, after a little help from my Perlish IRC cruft
filter:

s/ paul / Paul /g

s/ u'r / you are /g

s/ italy / Italy /g

s/ i / I /g

s/ u / you /g

s! w/ out ! without !g

No pure regexp for the rule "Sentences begin with a capital letter", but
since this is a Ruby newsgroup:

message.gsub!(%r{(^|\.\s+)(\w)}) { |c| c.upcase }

If this seems anal, remember that computers are unashamedly anal, fully ten
times worse than a human OCD sufferer.

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com