In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Phil Carmody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hmmm, if // means last 'succesfully executed' re. what does it mean
> if it's the first ever re?
>
Then it's the empty regex.
See for example the winning solution of TPR1 for a use of the way
that the meaning of // changes.
>
>
> And Ton - I can't say I know what -l is all about, I read the fine
> manpage, but as someone who's never once used $/ or $\ the
> description fell a bit flat.
>
> The only solution is to use them more...
>
Or look at older postmortems. You'll see many funky techniques
used in "real" life.
