From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 12424 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2021 01:13:58 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 18 Sep 2021 01:13:58 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id F24539CAB4; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:13:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F2689CAB3; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:13:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 766E19CAB3; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:13:10 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 556 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:13:09 AEST Received: from lax.lemis.com (www.lemis.com [45.32.70.18]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34CF89CAB2 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:13:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from eureka.lemis.com (unknown [121.200.11.253]) by lax.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0167627FF5; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 01:03:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eureka.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 2C5842635BE; Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:03:52 +1000 (AEST) Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:03:52 +1000 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Chris Torek Message-ID: <20210918010352.GR59580@eureka.lemis.com> References: <202109172040.18HKePMD009565@elf.torek.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="sWvRP97dwRHm9fX+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <202109172040.18HKePMD009565@elf.torek.net> Organization: LEMIS, 29 Stones Road, Dereel, VIC, Australia Phone: +61-3-5309-0418 Mobile: +61-490-494-038. Use only as instructed. WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) Subject: Re: [TUHS] RegExp decision for meta characters: Circumflex X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --sWvRP97dwRHm9fX+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Friday, 17 September 2021 at 13:40:25 -0700, Chris Torek wrote: > 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 ...? Weren't there programming languages that used $ as a statement terminator instead of ;? Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA.php --sWvRP97dwRHm9fX+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAmFFOvgACgkQIubykFB6QiOi6QCfamoJ/tXF2+12C3gCHzsauTuK JLkAoKMc+vVJDeQ3i78pw/1wWN4fSC4I =NQtD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sWvRP97dwRHm9fX+--