In <3230590867699769.wa.markmzelden....@listserv.ua.edu>, on
02/06/2013
   at 08:28 AM, Mark Zelden <m...@mzelden.com> said:

>On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 21:37:18 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
><shmuel+...@patriot.net> wrote:

>>In <1877842424347351.wa.markmzelden....@listserv.ua.edu>, on
>>02/05/2013
>>   at 01:48 PM, Mark Zelden <m...@mzelden.com> said:
>>
>>>I've even used Doug Nadel's FINDRX macro a few times, but admit I
>>>still don't really "get" regular expressions (I'm sure if I used *nix
>>>more I would).
>>
>>Thin of a regex as a SNOBOL pattern.
>>

>The only pattern I know about snowball is when I throw one at a
>window and it splatters. :-) 

Wouldn't that have to be an ICEBOL? A SPITBOL wouldn't break the
window.

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