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From: Byron Rakitzis <byron>
To: rc
Subject: Re:  improving "~" builtin ?!
Message-Id: <91Dec12.094917cst.18904@archone.tamu.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1991 09:49:04 -0600

The nice thing about rc pattern matching is that it is (with the
exception of files beginning with '.', of course) identical to the
filename expansion rules. In fact, the matching is implemented by
the same subroutine! Even if it is difficult to express the "strncmp"
concept with the ~ builtin, I think it would be a mistake to twist
the meaning of ~ to fit this requirement.