From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9799 invoked from network); 2 May 2007 02:53:27 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 2 May 2007 02:53:27 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 41127 invoked from network); 2 May 2007 02:53:21 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 May 2007 02:53:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 6095 invoked by alias); 2 May 2007 02:53:15 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 23378 Received: (qmail 6086 invoked from network); 2 May 2007 02:53:14 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 May 2007 02:53:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 40353 invoked from network); 2 May 2007 02:53:14 -0000 Received: from vms040pub.verizon.net (206.46.252.40) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 May 2007 02:53:11 -0000 Received: from torch.brasslantern.com ([71.116.88.130]) by vms040.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JHE007GI80FKV83@vms040.mailsrvcs.net> for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Tue, 01 May 2007 21:53:03 -0500 (CDT) Received: from torch.brasslantern.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by torch.brasslantern.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l422r1qf022681 for ; Tue, 01 May 2007 19:53:02 -0700 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by torch.brasslantern.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l422r1sw022680 for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Tue, 01 May 2007 19:53:01 -0700 Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 19:53:01 -0700 From: Bart Schaefer Subject: Re: PATCH: zsh/regex and =~ In-reply-to: <20070502001142.GA89340@redoubt.spodhuis.org> To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Message-id: <070501195301.ZM22679@torch.brasslantern.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: OpenZMail Classic (0.9.2 24April2005) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <20070428075635.GA17419@redoubt.spodhuis.org> <20070501225933.c40ac724.p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com> <20070502001142.GA89340@redoubt.spodhuis.org> Comments: In reply to Phil Pennock "Re: PATCH: zsh/regex and =~" (May 1, 5:11pm) On May 1, 5:11pm, Phil Pennock wrote: } } > I'll commit this even if there are quibbles, to establish either a stick } > in the ground or a line in the sand. (I asked what the difference } > was and was told one was horizontal and the other vertical.) } } You can tell the time by the stick in the ground, on a sunny day, if you } draw lines in the sand to mark the hours. A stick in the ground marks your point of farthest advance, from which you are unwilling to retreat. A line in the sand marks the limit to which you intend to allow your adversary to advance. As usual, hard upright things signify aggression, and soft recumbent things, defense. Further exploration of these metaphors is left as an exercise for the reader, lest even more of my zsh mail end up in Gmail's spam folder. (Yes, after months since the last incident, zsh mail is being junked by google again. Sigh.)