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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ...
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On 3/11/2013 6:40 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 3/11/2013 6:31 PM, Eric Sosman wrote:
>>[...]
>> Nobody I know of uses TECO any more, but regexes satisfy
>> people's craving for gibberish.
>
> $ edit/teco z.z
> %Can't find file "Z.Z"
> %Creating new file
> *ex$$
>
> :-)
>
> (sorry - the only thing I know about TECO is how to exit)

     Perhaps the most important lesson of all!  ;-)

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid