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From: "Smarasderagd" <smarry@vex.net>
To: byron@rakitzis.com, decklin@red-bean.com, matt@proweb.co.uk
Cc: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: Re: unix RC shell bug
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 03:19:20 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010903071920.4447.qmail@pantransit.reptiles.org> (raw)

Byron Rakitzis <byron@rakitzis.com> writes:
>$^ came years before $" was introduced into plan9's rc.
>
>I guess there's no reason not to make Unix rc understand $" as well,
>but it would be important to leave $^ as is.

Ideally, other uses of " should not become syntax errors, although I haven't
taken advantage of it being just another character myself.


             reply	other threads:[~2001-09-03  8:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-09-03  8:19 Smarasderagd [this message]
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2001-09-03  7:23 Byron Rakitzis
     [not found] <E15cuG8-000P4t-0Y@anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net>
2001-09-01  5:11 ` Matt
2001-09-03  6:14   ` Callum Gibson
2001-09-03  6:18   ` Decklin Foster

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