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Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
> "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
>> You're right.  It was, "maximum munch."  My mistake.
>
> Yes, thanks.  But note that the phrase is not mine.  I can't say whose
> it is, but it is in common use, presumably due to the pleasing
> alliteration.

<quibble>The usual phrase is "maximal munch".</quibble>

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