diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index cb1b398b..0b8ba7a1 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -176,94 +176,6 @@ lex.token = function lex(str, tokens, line) {
  * Inline Processing
  */
 
-// this is really bad. i should define 
-// some lexemes for all of the inline stuff, 
-// but this was just easier for the time being.
-
-if(0) var inline = function(str) {
-  var hash = ['#'];
-
-  str = str.replace(/#/g, '#0#');
-
-  str = str.replace(/`([^`]+)`/g, function(__, text) {
-    text = '<code>' + escape(text) + '</code>';
-    return '#' + (hash.push(text) - 1) + '#';
-  });
-
-  // for <http://hello.world/> links
-  str = str.replace(
-    /<([^<>:\/ ]+:(?:\/\/)?[^>\n]+?|[^<>\n]+?(@)[^<>\n]+?)>/g, 
-    function(__, href, at) {
-      if (at) {
-        // according to the markdown "spec"
-        // we need to mangle email addresses
-        var href = mangle(href)
-          , mail = mangle('mailto:') + href;
-        return '<a href="' + mail + '">' + href + '</a>';
-      }
-      return '<a href="' + href + '">' + href + '</a>';
-    }
-  );
-
-  str = str.replace(/<[^\n>]+>/g, function(tag) {
-    return '#' + (hash.push(tag) - 1) + '#';
-  });
-
-  str = escape(str);
-
-  // links
-  str = str.replace(
-    /\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^\)]+)\)/g, 
-    '<a href="$2">$1</a>'
-  );
-
-  // This is [an example][id] 
-  // reference-style link.
-  str = str.replace(
-    /\[([^\]]+)\]\[([^\]]+)\]/g, 
-    function(__, text, id) {
-      var link = tokens.links[id];
-      return '<a href="' 
-        + link.href + '"' 
-        + (link.title 
-          ? ' title="' 
-            + link.title + '"'
-          : '') 
-        + '>' + text + '</a>';
-    }
-  );
-
-  // img
-  str = str.replace(
-    /!\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^\s\)]+)\s*([^\)]*)\)/g, 
-    function(_, alt, src, title) {
-    return '<img src="' 
-      + src + '" alt="'
-      + alt + '"' 
-      + (title 
-        ? ' title="' + title + '"' 
-        : '') 
-      + '>';
-  });
-
-  // strong
-  str = str.replace(/__([^_]+)__/g, '<strong>$1</strong>');
-  str = str.replace(/\*\*([^*]+)\*\*/g, '<strong>$1</strong>');
-
-  // em
-  str = str.replace(/_([^_]+)_/g, '<em>$1</em>');
-  str = str.replace(/\*([^*]+)\*/g, '<em>$1</em>');
-
-  // br
-  str = str.replace(/  $/gm, '<br>');
-
-  str = str.replace(/#(\d+)#/g, function(__, i) {
-    return hash[i];
-  });
-
-  return str;
-};
-
 var inline = (function() {
   var inline = {
     tag: /^<[^\n>]+>/,
@@ -298,7 +210,7 @@ var inline = (function() {
       , i
       , key
       , rule
-      , out = []
+      , out = ''
       , links = tokens.links;
 
     while (str.length) {
@@ -312,10 +224,10 @@ var inline = (function() {
 
         switch (key) {
           case 'tag':
-            out.push(cap[0];
+            out += cap[0];
             break;
           case 'img':
-            out.push('<img src="' 
+            out += '<img src="' 
               + escape(cap[2])
               + '" alt="' + escape(cap[1])
               + '"' 
@@ -324,12 +236,12 @@ var inline = (function() {
               + escape(cap[3])
               + '"' 
               : '') 
-              + '>');
+              + '>';
             break;
           case 'link':
           case 'reflink':
             var link = links[cap[2]] || '';
-            out.push('<a href="' 
+            out += '<a href="' 
               + escape(link.href || cap[2]) 
               + '"' 
               + (link.title
@@ -339,7 +251,7 @@ var inline = (function() {
               : '') 
               + '>'
               + inline.lexer(cap[1])
-              + '</a>');
+              + '</a>';
             break;
           case 'autolink':
             var mailto = cap[2]
@@ -349,29 +261,29 @@ var inline = (function() {
               mailto = mangle(mailto);
               mail = mangle('mailto:') + mailto;
             }
-            out.push('<a href="' 
+            out += '<a href="' 
               + (mail || escape(href)) + '"' 
               + '>' 
               + (mailto || escape(href))
-              + '</a>');
+              + '</a>';
             break;
           case 'strong':
-            out.push('<strong>' 
+            out += '<strong>' 
               + inline.lexer(cap[2] || cap[1]) 
-              + '</strong>');
+              + '</strong>';
             break;
           case 'em':
-            out.push('<em>' 
+            out += '<em>' 
               + inline.lexer(cap[2] || cap[1]) 
-              + '</em>');
+              + '</em>';
             break;
           case 'escape':
-            out.push('<code>' 
+            out += '<code>' 
               + escape(cap[2] || cap[1]) 
-              + '</code>');
+              + '</code>';
             break;
           case 'text':
-            out.push(escape(cap[1]));
+            out += escape(cap[1]);
             break;
           default:
             break;
@@ -380,7 +292,7 @@ var inline = (function() {
       }
     }
 
-    return out.join('');
+    return out;
   };
   return inline.lexer;
 })();