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From:	peter@robots.oxford.ac.uk
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To:	rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: Re: more wishes for chrismas

> 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.