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* A mismatch between Byron's rc and Plan 9 rc:
@ 1996-02-06  1:28 Chris Siebenmann
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From: Chris Siebenmann @ 1996-02-06  1:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
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From:	td@plan9.att.com
To:	9fans@cse.psu.edu
Date:	Mon, 5 Feb 1996 13:11:58 -0500
Subject: re: rc syntax bug

Stephen Hemminger <postman.ncube.com!sch> thinks there's a bug:
>Isn't it surprising:
>	if (! ~ () ()) echo 'i am a bug'

I'm sorry, what do you think the bug is?
The syntax is obviously ok, and the result is exactly what
I intended.  A match against an empty list always fails, the
definition being that at least one alternative must
succeed for the match to succeed.


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