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From: Robert Spooner <rls19@psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Optimising string handling in application
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Frank J. Lhota wrote:
> "Frode Tenneboe" <ft@alne.edh.ericsson.se> wrote in message
> news:1049451208.932382@edh3...
> 
>>However, sometimes I miss the expressionness of perl:
>>
>>s/([^;]*;ME001=)([^;]*)(;[^;]*)/$1$callsign$3/;
>>
>>;-)
> 
> 
> Why does this remind me of APL?
> 
> 
Because it looks like a write only language?

Bob
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