ColorizeScript challenge

[Richard Gaskin]

Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Geoff Canyon wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:17 PM, Dave Cragg wrote:
>>
>>> On 26 Apr 2006, at 20:06, J. Landman Gay wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I played with this for about an hour last night. I was using the 
>>>> same technique, converting the script to htmltext using the replace 
>>>> command. I had it mostly working but got stuck on exactly the issue 
>>>> you mention. So let's let Geoff do it. :)
>>>
>>> I probably should, but a challenge is hard to resist.
>>
>> I should point out that I have _no_ idea whether mine would handle any 
>> of the issues mentioned. I wrote it as a frustrated thought experiment 
>> three years ago, and haven't looked at it since.
>>
>> All the testing I remember doing is copying a large script to the 
>> source field, hitting the button, and looking at the output and 
>> saying, "Yup, that's a colorized script."
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> So it's anyone's guess how fast it is, and whether it even works 
>> properly.
> 
> It turns out to be about 15% faster than Dave's on my machine, but it 
> doesn't handle comments as his does.

I'd like to add that both of these entries are very noteworthy, as they 
demonstrate that there are very different approaches to delivering 
highly optimized solutions for this long-outstanding problem.

Looking at how each handler does its magic has been educational; 
watching each work on 4000 lines in the blink of an eye inspiring.

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