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Date: Tue,  3 Mar 2009 19:44:36 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] command repetition in sam/acme
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On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sam and Acme use a simple, pure form of regular expressions. =A0If they
> had the counting operations, this would be a trivial task, but to add
> them would open the door to the enormous, ill-conceived complexity of
> (no longer) regular expressions as the open source community thinks of
> them.

Do you see utility in counting/movement commands if they are not
combined with regular expressions?

>
> So yes: use other tools, with my apologies.
>
> -rob
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