Quote #146

'Course, that doesn't work when 'a' contains parentheses.

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  2. I was trying not to mention backtracking. Which, of course, means that yours is 'righter' than mine, in a theoretical sense.
  3. That should probably be written: no !@#$%^&*:@!semicolon
  4. Not that I'm against sneaking some notions into people's heads upon occasion. (Or blasting them in outright.)
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