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From: peter@robots.oxford.ac.uk
To: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: Re: more wishes for chrismas
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1992 09:58:25 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9212041458.AA01599@casca.robots.ox.ac.uk> (raw)

> 1) back slash to escape a single character or alternatively
> 2) make '#' introduce a comment only at the beginning of a line or
>    if preceeded by white space only.

No thanks!  I think it would be better to keep the rules simple and
consistent as they are now, that's why Tom Duff wrote ``rc'' wasn't it?  It
would be better in the long run to teach the students from day one, that
``#'' is a comment, and "'" is for quoting.  Otherwise they might as well
use ``sh'' and it's derivatives :-).

Pete.


             reply	other threads:[~1992-12-04 14:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1992-12-04 14:58 peter [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1992-12-06  8:21 Byron Rakitzis
1992-12-05 20:52 Emin Gun Sirer
1992-12-04 22:05 Chris Siebenmann
1992-12-04 16:53 Tom Culliton x2278
1992-12-04 14:02 Alan Watson
1992-12-04 14:48 ` Steve Rezsutek
1992-12-05 16:21 ` Dave Mason
1992-12-04 12:53 malte
1992-12-04 14:03 ` Gerry.Tomlinson
1992-12-08 15:21 ` Mark-Jason Dominus

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