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- From: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.programmer
- Subject: Re: Q: '\n' character
- Date: 14 Apr 1996 18:42:01 -0700
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
- Message-ID: <4ks9h9INNhu8@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>
- References: <4kj66f$k0o@ren.cei.net> <1996Apr11.192937.25676@sq.com> <829396473snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <4krt26$l00@jaxnet.jaxnet.com>
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- In article <4krt26$l00@jaxnet.jaxnet.com>,
- Gary M. Greenberg <garyg@jax.jaxnet.com> wrote:
- >: Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk
- > ^^^^^ ^^^
- > Makes ya wonder who it is? ;-}
-
- Not really. It's a play on words. fred is a command on the UMIX system. It
- stands for f/RE/d---whole (f)ile, redundant expression, decompose. This, in
- turn, comes from a command from the eh editor.
-
- c2a192 Kaz Kylheku
- ^^^^^^ ^^^
-
- Now _that_ makes you wonder who I am. ;-)
-