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From: worley@compass.com (Dale Worley)
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Subject: Incongruity
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Date: 2 Oct 90 15:45:29 GMT
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Why is it that newlines (actual newlines, not "\n"s) are allowed in
string constants but not patterns?  It seems inconsistent.

(Personally, I think newlines in string constants are the work of the
Devil...)

Dale Worley		Compass, Inc.			worley@compass.com
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May I take this opportunity of emphasizing that there is no
cannibalism in the British Navy.  Absolutely none, and when I
say none, I mean there is a certain amount, more than we are
prepared to admit.