From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5d375e920903040531j29fcbdc6na7b4e9a57563b708@mail.gmail.com> References: <13426df10903031413n13e53b8bxef266c2551aa8abd@mail.gmail.com> <509071940903031537le1af6e4t33b6cd97b470b829@mail.gmail.com> <7359f0490903031631o55358b62ic9dd947d83e410b3@mail.gmail.com> <7359f0490903040152v76bb505at39d58992b9a37fbb@mail.gmail.com> <5d375e920903040531j29fcbdc6na7b4e9a57563b708@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 14:41:59 +0100 Message-ID: From: Rudolf Sykora To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] command repetition in sam/acme Topicbox-Message-UUID: b07e9130-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > "Sam and Acme use a simple, pure form of regular expressions. If 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." > > So, if you want counting, you can always write a patch, who knows, it > might even be accepted. > > But I think that anyone not under the influence of psychedelic > substances that has suffered PCR, will agree we don't want to move in > that direction, and even if small, counting is a step in that > direction. > > I personally rarely have use for it, and when I do, it is trivial to > write a script to generate the desired regexp, and I'm eternally > grateful for being free from Perl-induced psychosis. > > uriel Isn't it just easier to answer the questions? ... this is just like bla... bla... bla... sorry, but being such doesn't shed any light on the subject... Ruda