Alan B. Pearce wrote

> >Yes, and the complexity of detecting and removing only the
> >string: "Re:" was too much for MS's programmers...
>
> Well they would have to put in detection for the version of that string
> which fits all other languages as well, not just the language that the
> writer is posting in. That is the hard part. You can see this on postings to
> this list, specifically from people in European countries. Also sometimes it
> wants to check for fw:, fwd: and again variations from other languages.

That's no excuse. Hard is when you have a slow CPU trying to do something that
requires a fast CPU, hard is when you have a small amount of RAM and you are
trying to shoehorn your app into it, hard is when you don't have the resources
to do the work. Sorry I really don't see how hard it is to process the subject
line without mangling it. If you're (M$ not you Alan) bragging about supporting
multiple languages, then support them!

Regards
Sergio Masci

http://www.xcprod.com/titan/XCSB - optimising structured PIC BASIC compiler

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