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Article #6303Re: Wildcard types
From: Bill Cavanaugh
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 1990 23:00
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 1990 23:00
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This wildcard argument is one of those things that can go on forever... Like all-but-one-person I know, the ONLY time I've ever used a wildcard, it's been #?. Regular expressions ARE more powerful, but for most of us, they're also unnecessary. The * is familiar to tens of millions of computer users around the world; why not make it available? I'm using ARP, which supports both wildcard types, and gives us the best of both worlds. Just my two cents... /**************************************************************** * All of the above copyright by the below. * * Bill Cavanaugh uunet!tronsbox!bleys * * "A language is a dialect with an army and a navy." * ****************************************************************/
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tronsbox!bleys From: bleys@tronsbox.xei.com (Bill Cavanaugh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Wildcard types Message-ID: <2731ca35-a33.7comp.sys.amiga.tech-1@tronsbox.xei.com> Date: 2 Nov 90 23:00:05 GMT References: <87.272D0968@myamiga.UUCP> <35200@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Lines: 14