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From:	culliton@srg.af.mil (Tom Culliton x2278)
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To:	culliton@srg.srg.af.mil, mycroft@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu
Subject: Re:  list operators
Cc:	malte@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de, rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Date:	Wed, 15 Sep 1993 17:04:08 -0400
Message-Id: <9309151704.aa26993@ceres.srg.af.mil>

>>   ; x = ( 1 2 3 4 5 )
>>   ; y = $x(-3)		# all members except 3
>
>Having that be `all members except the 3rd one' would be okay.  Having
>it be `all members except the one that matches the string `3'' would
>be gross.  The latter requires a different syntax.

Agreed, that was my intention, to exclude the 3rd element.

; x=(a b c d e)
; echo $x(-1 -5)
b c d

It's probably/hopefully just academic anyways.  We really shouldn't be
making changes like this to rc at this point in the game.