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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Incongruity
Message-ID: <9772@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 2 Oct 90 17:51:44 GMT
References: <1990Oct2.154529.15789@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <1990Oct2.154529.15789@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU> worley@compass.com writes:
: Why is it that newlines (actual newlines, not "\n"s) are allowed in
: string constants but not patterns?  It seems inconsistent.

This is because I'm not really a language designer, but a squeaky wheel
greaser.

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

Matthew 12:24 comes to mind.  :-)

Larry