From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-03-13T02:36:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Efficiency of string parsing


On Mar 13, 2007, at 2:02 AM, Tom Pollard wrote:

>> But would a Ruby iterator be faster?
>
> I'm just curious what it is about Ruby iterators (I assume you mean  
> methods like 'each') that you'd expect them to be more efficient  
> than the gsub?

Iterators/callbacks using Ruby code blocks whatever.
Never said I expect them to be faster.
I was asking.
I don't know how much text is being parsed. I do assume it is  
unstructured and not indexed in any manner.
I'm just wondering if there isn't more to know about why and what for  
in order to reach the best solution for the situation.
Like they say in Perl... there's more than 1 way right? Some ways are  
just interesting, some are fast, some are useful, etc...