From: Chris Torek <torek@elf.torek.net>
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] RegExp decision for meta characters: Circumflex
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:40:25 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202109172040.18HKePMD009565@elf.torek.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKH6PiUdxuOV3ySkD8m7W+O7k_Yh12XdtHnOkdAJFB4xfAiEig@mail.gmail.com>
Also worth noting, though the precise history predates my own
experience: it's common in grammar theory to use `$` as the end
symbol. Was this from REs using `$` as an end symbol as well,
or did REs adopt `$` from here, or ...?
Chris
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-17 20:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-17 16:40 Douglas McIlroy
2021-09-17 20:40 ` Chris Torek [this message]
2021-09-18 1:03 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2021-09-18 1:23 ` Bakul Shah
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-09-17 8:52 markus schnalke
2021-09-17 9:32 ` Rob Pike
2021-09-17 9:32 ` Rob Pike
2021-09-17 10:10 ` markus schnalke
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