MBOX-Line: From mrc+imap at panda.com  Fri Jul 29 22:42:29 2011
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Mark Crispin <mrc+imap@panda.com>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:46 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] Where to start?
In-Reply-To: <4E338A34.8000400@att.com>
References: <4DEBB242.2090200@BusCom.net>,
	<201106051924.p55JOwpG003543@mxout12.cac.washington.edu>,
	<4DEBDFF5.9000301@BusCom.net>
	<4DEC1C93.24755.853F5AE5@David.Harris.pmail.gen.nz>
	<4E338A34.8000400@att.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1107292239270.911@hsinghsing.panda.com>

I would go even further, and say that there is no excuse in this modern
day and age for anyone to write an IMAP syntax parser/generator from
scratch.  There are excellent tools to create syntax parsers and
generators from BNF.  Use them.

-- Mark --

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