Re: [MacPerl] Processes, Command Parameters, and Other Apps...

[Paul J. Schinder]

At 7:55 PM -0700 4/12/01, John W Baxter wrote:
>At 0:33 +0900 4/13/01, Gero Herrmann wrote:
>>      $path =~ s/(["\\])/\\$1/g;
>>      $url  =~ s/(["\\])/\\$1/g;
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>It is this sort of thing which led, years ago, to the coining of "LTS" or
>"leaning toothpick syndrome" to describe the effect.  Having to use \ to
>escape \ in an 'outer' language only enhances the effect.

And, for similar reasons, LISP stands for "Lots of Idiotic Stupid Parentheses".

Now if we could only come up with something for Python and all the 
stupid tabs...

>
>   --John
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>John Baxter   [EMAIL PROTECTED]      Port Ludlow, WA, USA

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