Re: 'strings' for unicode in class files?

Roedy wrote:

> Screw you on three counts.
>
> 1. you did not explain your problem clearly.
>
> 2. It is downright rude to look a gift horse in the mouth.
>
> 3. You faulted me for your own failing to explain your problem
> clearly. In any case, the code I offered is still a framework for
> whatever extract logic you need.
> ...
> That is the last help you are getting from me.

Dear John,

I'm sorry I hurt your feelings. Please don't cry. Between the lover
who ditched you and my rejection of inappropriate "help", you must be
feeling very sad. Anger is inappropriate. Look into yourself for the
problem and the solution.

In this most recent situation, you didn't read the question before
trying to show off a "solution" that had no bearing on the problem. The
problem description was complete with "equivalent to Unix 'strings'
command" and "Unicode". You can't pretend not to know the meaning of
either. Did you just want someone to love you for some code of which
you were especially proud? Maybe it's contrary to your gay lifestyle,
but I don't get all mushy for no reason. I still believe you have
contributed a lot to the internet, but your personality is that of an
arrogant, self-centered, bloody immature twit.

It is a cruel irony that you feel a gift horse should be accepted
without inspection. If you had looked a certain "gift horse" in the
mouth, or some other orifice, you would not have HIV. Get the parallel?
The wrong gift can cost the recipient more than it did the giver.
Modifying a R.E. scanner to do a 'strings' function would be a
terminally stupid.

I will never post a question for you again. As a matter of fact, I
forbid you from reading anything I might post for other people.

Love always,
Gary

N.B. the above references to rejection, sexual orientation, and HIV
status are based on the big baby's own public, voluminous, and generally
entertaining web site: http://mindprod.com/
.