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From: worley@compass.com (Dale Worley)
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Subject: Number of parens in regexp
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Date: 11 Mar 91 16:33:17 GMT
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It's sort of funny that the only arbitrary restriction in Perl is the
number of parens in a regexp!

Dale

Dale Worley		Compass, Inc.			worley@compass.com
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all their possible-stereotype fuses.