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Re: Religious question -- negative arguments for S

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From: Mark C. Henderson
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 00:46
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In article <DRW.92Sep8135859@nevanlinna.mit.edu> drw@nevanlinna.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley) writes:
>If one searches backwards (using a negative argument to S), is the
>point left at the beginning of the string (so that -Sstring$ when
>executed repeatedly finds successive occurrences backwards), or is the
>point left at the end of the string (as when S searches forward)?
>
>Dale
>
>Dale Worley		Dept. of Math., MIT		drw@math.mit.edu
>--
>Measure with a micrometer.  Mark with chalk.  Cut with an axe.

At the end of the string.

Mark
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Subject: Re: Religious question -- negative arguments for S
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