Quote Originally Posted by Reiryuu View Post
Not really. Any parser that does not feed the need or desire to exclude or control people would have to have a non-qualifiable output. No numbers, no colors, no words such as "good" "so-so" "poor", etc. Such a parser would not only be useless (it doesn't give you anything you can use), but unwanted by the very people who want them in the first place. In other words, it would be Stone Sky Sea. =p
Actually just the first one, you are talking about min-maxing so the only thing that needs to be hidden is the minimum and maximum value. With colours and indicators of success, you can reasonably tell when you are doing your job correct, even if you are not at maximum efficiency.