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Subject: Re: builtins and more 
In-reply-to: malte's message of Wed, 22 Sep 93 08:52:32 -0400.
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Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 1993 12:57:45 -0400
From:	Chris Siebenmann <cks>
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 A shift operator that has to be used as 'x=`{shift $foo}' is a bad
shift operator; it can't be applied to arbitrary lists. Consider a
list with an element that has a space in it, or a newline.

	- cks