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From: yarnall@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Ken Yarnall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Pipes
Message-ID: <1990Nov10.230910.29829@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 90 23:09:10 GMT
References: <2202@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>
Organization: Math Department, University of South Carolina (ahem; The USC)
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In article <2202@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
+
+I regularly use '|' as both a pipe and an 'OR' character on the Amiga, with no
+confusion at all. I use WShell, Conman, and Bill Hawes' PIP: device. Try it,
+you'll like it.

Except you have to use whitespace around the `|' when it means pipe, right?
Hey, I admit that this is a remarkably minor gripe, but I've developed some
affection for my pipe symbol, and think that it makes good sense in a lot of
ways.

+-larry

ken
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