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From: bleys@tronsbox.xei.com (Bill Cavanaugh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Wildcard types
Message-ID: <2731ca35-a33.7comp.sys.amiga.tech-1@tronsbox.xei.com>
Date: 2 Nov 90 23:00:05 GMT
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This wildcard argument is one of those things that can go on forever...

Like all-but-one-person I know, the ONLY time I've ever used a wildcard,
it's been #?.  Regular expressions ARE more powerful, but for most of us,
they're also unnecessary.  The * is familiar to tens of millions of computer
users around the world;  why not make it available?  I'm using ARP, which
supports both wildcard types, and gives us the best of both worlds.

Just my two cents...

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