[olug] need some quick help with sed

[Obi-Wan]

> i know it's sloppy, but that was the quick way of patching what i did wrong.
> when i go back to clean up the code, i will consolidate into a single, more
> elegant line of code.
> 10,000 lines of code and growning, so i need to be on to other aspects of it
> to get it fully functional.
> after that, i'll make it pretty.

SUUUURE you will...  Once it's functional, you'll never touch it again,
because it'll be damn low on your priority list.  Code that's initially
ugly, poorly written, and hard to maintain will forever remain ugly,
poorly written, and hard to maintain.  You're far better off writing
it correctly the first time.

That's one of my pet peeves.

-- 
Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan at jedi.com
   The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
     Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
       promise that You will pull me through.  -- Rich Mullins