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From: ron%brl-vgr@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: Re:  RFC810
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Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 21:58:59 EST
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From:      Ron Natalie 

Good god!  Why would anyone use YACC to parse HOSTS.TXT.  It
only requires a simple state machine.  Try looking at anything
on UNIX that parses /etc/passwd.  The only difference is that
HOSTS.TXT has spaces around the colons.

-Ron