Re: Regexps (was Re: Invalid Operating System)

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On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 10:52:39AM -0600, Peter da Silva wrote:

> In Perl, a "/" may be an operator or a literal terminator. That would
> be like making +" the string concatenation operator in C. In any other
> language you'd be laughed out of the standards committee for proposing
> such a thing. Perl hackers violently defend it.

Bullshit.  The C standards committee is just fine with having at least
two meanings for * and &, and no doubt others that I can't think of off
the top of my head.

-- 
David Cantrell | Cake Smuggler Extraordinaire

What is the difference between hearing aliens through the
fillings in your teeth and hearing Jesus in your heart?

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