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they do not make writing good parsing code simple.
they make writing good parsing code possible.
a hand written parser is still the easiest route for simple things.
but if you need things like the ability to continue when you find errors, a parser generator makes that less terrifying.
parsing data out of a tree, and parsing it linearly out of text using recursive descent is almost the same process. the only significant difference architecturally is where validation happens.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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I'm happy that parsers are your thing. Somebody's got to write them, and I'm glad it's not me. 
(not being sarcastic, honest - I wish I still had a pet project I had some amount of passion for)
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Eventually I'll get bored with them and be on to something else.
I want to write a compiler toolkit in C# that lets you target whatever.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Hi All,
Does/Has anyone noticed Office 365 (mutter!) has changed it's icons. A change but a somewhat pointless change or has there been a security update or am I losing the fine grip I had on reality I had! 
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I know they changed them quite a bit somewhere between 2 and 6 months ago (I am really bad with time scales when it comes to icon updates).
I haven't noticed any changes recently, but then some subtle changes would probably pass me by as I don't use Office all the much.
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Company policy, as it is Microsarft & we are a loyal users! We have to tolerate the powers that be locking our machines to such a level I am amazed that Chrome still works! Any update has to tested and approved by such a long process we only get the updates after a silly amount of time, Yes we are in the top storey of a multilayer office block, card controlled access our desktops have to locked to the desk with bitlocker installed... 
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glennPattonWork wrote: We have to tolerate the powers that be locking our machines to such a level I am amazed that Chrome still works!
Our security nazis disabled the developer tools window on all browsers last week. Now, we can't debug the javascript on the production sites (which we needed to do this week).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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According to Ronald Reagan, the scariest 10 words in the English language.
We are from the Government. We are here to help.
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MarkTJohnson wrote: We are from the Government.
This activates the advanced internal warning system.
MarkTJohnson wrote: We are here to help.
This activates the internal BS sensor, which then activates Defcon 1 (Maximum readiness; all forces ready for combat; nuclear war imminent or likely), when coupled with a triggered warning system.
modified 26-Jul-19 9:46am.
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Slacker007 wrote: Defcon 5 (full defense mode),
Level 5 is least severe. Rewind your War Games tape and refresh your memory.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Net Nazi's took our admin rights, as out PC's are leased. So we could not use any of the software we needed, they then tell us to carry on using out old network (which was held together with gaffer tape & bent paper clips...) and then have a fit as we have to use 'Unsafe Linux Machines' for some of the dev work... 
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musefan wrote: I know they changed them quite a bit somewhere between 2 and 6 months ago
...to great fanfare, I might add, for which they were widely derided. Someone at Microsoft gets excited over these types of things.
OTOH, we might as well get somewhat excited about these icons - they brought back a tiny bit of color in this otherwise dull, flat, all-white, all-the-time, world...bringing hope that someday, we just might see some amount of sanity again...
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dandy72 wrote: omeone at Microsoft gets excited over these types of things
The developers!
Because it means the company continues to need to pay them 
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When you're the size of Microsoft, developers seldom create icons themselves. They have a whole squad of people on the full-time payroll to do these. They supply the resources; developers just use them.
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It's not just the icons - they are just the visual clue that things have changed behind the scenes. The most notable change is in the collapsed ribbon bar in Outlook; collapsed it looks like a traditional menu. Clicking the "menu" text brings up the ribbon.
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Ribbon, why, I know it's the 'new' look but there is an established way Menu's much easier!
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The ribbon's only been around in Office for the last 10 years or so. I can see why you missed it.
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Not missed it, avoided it...
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Fair comment.
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Yes, they changed for me yesterday during the company's roll out of Office changes and updates. I am sure the reason is exactly as Pete had stated.
Personally, I don't really care. It is a tool that I am forced to use, and it could be a lot worse (i.e. Lotus Notes(now IBM Notes I see), etc.  )
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Good grief! I was under the impression Lotus suite had bitten the big one, I did not know about it being absorbed by IBM...
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I got them sometime back. I don't care about icons/ribbon, but Outlook seems to have a new behavior, at least on my desktop where it arbitrarily forgets my outlook.com password and asks me to re-enter it. If I refuse, it connects and gets my mail anyway but continues to pester me with a warning that it 'Needs Password'.  Damnit! I gave you the password when I setup Outlook and at least 50 times now since then! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Sounds like one the reasons I dumped Outlook at home and replaced it with Thunderbird! 
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kmoorevs wrote: it arbitrarily forgets my outlook.com password and asks me to re-enter it.
If you hibernate a winio machine, shut down outlook (and skype) first, and start them up again when you wake the machine up.
That's the most common cause I've seen for what you describe.
If you want a hands-off, permanent fix, write a script to initialise the credential manager, whenever the machine comes out of hibernation.
Also, if outlook suddenly demands your password while you're working, just close and re-open outlook without touching the pop-up window.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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