Quote #20
Randal said it would be tough to do in sed. He didn't say he didn't understand sed. Randal understands sed quite well. Which is why he uses Perl. :-)
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- Perl programming is an *empirical* science!
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- Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality... :-)
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