>       ?pattern?       # one-time match

Oi!  Scott!  No!

I use this in one-liners, and it's _dead_ handy.  Of course, if it's
modularized as Dan suggests, which has no effect at language level, I
wouldn't be unhappy.

Mx.

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Everything's all right tonight
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